as in vulnerable
lacking protection from danger or resistance against attack
the home team scored when the visitors' goalie momentarily left the goal unprotected
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Recent Examples of unprotected
That leaves the unemployed, gig workers, and those on Medicaid or in small businesses largely unprotected.
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Madison Chapman, Time, 30 Oct. 2025
The concern is that FDA will not remove unsafe ingredients, and then the states are preempted from doing so, leaving Americans unprotected.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
Now unprotected, this shadow data could be vulnerable to unauthorized access.
—Ethan Stone, IndyStar, 28 Oct. 2025
The moral of its story is that becoming a stereotype can lead to someone’s demise, especially for Black women who are left vulnerable and unprotected when their community falls apart.
—Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
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Madison Chapman, Time, 30 Oct. 2025
The concern is that FDA will not remove unsafe ingredients, and then the states are preempted from doing so, leaving Americans unprotected.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
Now unprotected, this shadow data could be vulnerable to unauthorized access.
—Ethan Stone, IndyStar, 28 Oct. 2025
The moral of its story is that becoming a stereotype can lead to someone’s demise, especially for Black women who are left vulnerable and unprotected when their community falls apart.
—Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unprotected
Adjective
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The team highlighted that perovskite materials remain vulnerable to moisture, oxygen, ultraviolet light, and temperature fluctuations, all of which degrade performance over time.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Nov. 2025
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Song, her actors, and her crew were in constant dialogue about their own romantic lives, prioritizing a level of vulnerable, authentic experience to inform Materialists’ complex modern spirit.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The deterioration in the labor market has been concentrated in payroll employment, which is the [datapoint] that is the most susceptible to demographic and immigration changes.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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However, Arizona's hot and dry desert climate made Gilbert susceptible to drought and wildfires, causing the low ranking in natural disaster risk.—
Paige Moore,
AZCentral.com,
4 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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People eventually outgrow the helpless-baby stage.—
Anna Louie Sussman,
The Atlantic,
7 Nov. 2025
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Without money and without a means to earn it, women are helpless to determine the course of their own lives.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Unprotected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unprotected. Accessed 21 Nov. 2025.
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