unarmed

adjective

un·​armed ˌən-ˈärmd 

1

: not armed or armored

unarmed civilians

also : not using or involving a weapon

unarmed robbery

2

: having no hard and sharp projections (such as spines, spurs, or claws)

Examples of unarmed in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The unarmed Yars missile was fired from Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northwestern Russia and hit the Kura Missile Test Range on the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East. —Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025

Another video proliferated across social media showed an RSF gunman shooting an unarmed man in civilian clothing with a machine gun dozens of times point-blank, causing his body to partially disintegrate. —Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 30 Oct. 2025

Multiple videos shared online over the past three days show RSF fighters rounding up and killing large numbers of unarmed people. —Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025

The Air Force last test-launched an unarmed Minuteman III nuclear missile in May. —Davis Winkie, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for unarmed

• alarmed
• disarmed
• unharmed
• armed
• charmed
• farmed
• harmed

Kids Definition

unarmed

adjective

un·​armed ˌən-ˈärmd 

ˈən-

: not armed or armored

unarmed civilians

also : not using or involving a weapon

unarmed robbery

Medical Definition

unarmed

adjective

un·​armed ˌən-ˈärmd 

: having no arms or armlike projections

an unarmed tapeworm