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Adjective: unprotected  ,ún-pru'tek-tid
  1. Lacking protection or defence
    "Unprotected sex might occur because a woman forgot to take her birth control";
    - out on a limb

See also: defenceless [Brit, Cdn], defenseless [US], exposed, insecure, naked, open, susceptible, unsafe, unshielded, vulnerable

Antonym: protected

Encyclopedia: Unprotected

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