undefended
adjective
un·de·fend·ed
ˌən-di-ˈfen-dəd 
: not guarded or protected : not defended
left the goal undefended
an undefended frontier/border
Examples of undefended in a Sentence
the cowardly soldiers fled, leaving the palace undefended
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For more than a century, the U.S. and Canada built a close, prosperous partnership—standing together in war, mutually fueling their economies through trade, and maintaining the world's longest undefended border.
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Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
Trump’s aggressive tariffs may undermine another of his objectives — countering the dangers posed by a (largely) undefended Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory, at a time when China and Russia are taking an increasing interest in the Arctic.
—The Editors, National Review, 7 Mar. 2025
Zelensky said Kursk was a major strategy in the war effort, with the aim being to divert Russian troops from the main fighting in eastern Ukraine while also taking prisoners, destroying Russia’s military assets and proving Moscow was undefended.
—Brad Dress, The Hill, 5 Jan. 2025
With European powers diverting men and supplies to Europe in 1939-41 to battle Nazi Germany, colonies in the Pacific were mostly undefended.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 5 Dec. 2024
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Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
Trump’s aggressive tariffs may undermine another of his objectives — countering the dangers posed by a (largely) undefended Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory, at a time when China and Russia are taking an increasing interest in the Arctic.
—The Editors, National Review, 7 Mar. 2025
Zelensky said Kursk was a major strategy in the war effort, with the aim being to divert Russian troops from the main fighting in eastern Ukraine while also taking prisoners, destroying Russia’s military assets and proving Moscow was undefended.
—Brad Dress, The Hill, 5 Jan. 2025
With European powers diverting men and supplies to Europe in 1939-41 to battle Nazi Germany, colonies in the Pacific were mostly undefended.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Undefended.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/undefended. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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