undefended
adjective
un·de·fend·ed
ˌən-di-ˈfen-dəd 
: not guarded or protected : not defended
left the goal undefended
an undefended frontier/border
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Examples of undefended in a Sentence
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As with the assault on Pearl Harbor and the 9/11 attacks, the United States has been left essentially undefended.
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John J. Farmer, Foreign Affairs, 4 May 2020
Archival: Germany's air arm, better known as the Luftwaffe blazes the trail for the opening attacks on Holland, Belgium and tiny undefended Luxembourg.
—Ashraya Gupta, Scientific American, 7 Sep. 2023
Ecuador, on the Pacific coast between Colombia and Peru, the world’s two largest cocaine producers, and with much of its coastline undefended, has become a crucial transit country for drugs bound for the United States and Europe.
—Arturo Torres and Samantha Schmidt, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Aug. 2023
Yet, several prominent women in science have shared stories with us of how these approaches aren’t stopping predatory activity and how institutional failures leave women feeling unsupported, undefended and unsafe.
—Jenny Morber, Scientific American, 10 June 2023
All of the above have moments of grief that come in stealthily for the undefended parts of the reader.
—Riza Cruz, ELLE, 20 June 2023
The tying goal recalled Portland’s goal that likely denied the Wave a victory last month, in that a backside player scored off a corner kick after being left undefended, despite the Wave stationing 10 players in the box in front of Kailen Sheridan.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 June 2023
The narrative’s lush scope — from Pira’s deep dream life to the sight of the mighty volcano whose ancient creation stories he’s memorized to assorted crises including a scorpion’s near-fatal sting — reveals the boy’s gentle, undefended awakening to his own and others’ flawed, earnest love.
—Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2022
Millions of civilians have been left undefended.
—Raven Smith, Vogue, 18 Aug. 2021
John J. Farmer, Foreign Affairs, 4 May 2020
Archival: Germany's air arm, better known as the Luftwaffe blazes the trail for the opening attacks on Holland, Belgium and tiny undefended Luxembourg.
—Ashraya Gupta, Scientific American, 7 Sep. 2023
Ecuador, on the Pacific coast between Colombia and Peru, the world’s two largest cocaine producers, and with much of its coastline undefended, has become a crucial transit country for drugs bound for the United States and Europe.
—Arturo Torres and Samantha Schmidt, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Aug. 2023
Yet, several prominent women in science have shared stories with us of how these approaches aren’t stopping predatory activity and how institutional failures leave women feeling unsupported, undefended and unsafe.
—Jenny Morber, Scientific American, 10 June 2023
All of the above have moments of grief that come in stealthily for the undefended parts of the reader.
—Riza Cruz, ELLE, 20 June 2023
The tying goal recalled Portland’s goal that likely denied the Wave a victory last month, in that a backside player scored off a corner kick after being left undefended, despite the Wave stationing 10 players in the box in front of Kailen Sheridan.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 June 2023
The narrative’s lush scope — from Pira’s deep dream life to the sight of the mighty volcano whose ancient creation stories he’s memorized to assorted crises including a scorpion’s near-fatal sting — reveals the boy’s gentle, undefended awakening to his own and others’ flawed, earnest love.
—Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2022
Millions of civilians have been left undefended.
—Raven Smith, Vogue, 18 Aug. 2021
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“Undefended.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/undefended. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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