as in vulnerable
lacking protection from danger or resistance against attack
the cowardly soldiers fled, leaving the palace undefended
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Recent Examples of undefended
Finally, the extensive, rugged border between China and India will always furnish undefended areas that provide fertile ground for territory grabs.
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Dan Altman, Foreign Affairs, 24 Sep. 2021
Public tolerance of inaccurate and undefended allegations, non sequiturs in response to hard questions and outright denials of facts are shockingly high.
—Kathleen Higgins, Scientific American, 5 Dec. 2016
As with the assault on Pearl Harbor and the 9/11 attacks, the United States has been left essentially undefended.
—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
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Dan Altman, Foreign Affairs, 24 Sep. 2021
Public tolerance of inaccurate and undefended allegations, non sequiturs in response to hard questions and outright denials of facts are shockingly high.
—Kathleen Higgins, Scientific American, 5 Dec. 2016
As with the assault on Pearl Harbor and the 9/11 attacks, the United States has been left essentially undefended.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undefended
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Clemson was particularly vulnerable on the ground this season, allowing 160.6 rushing yards per game (85th) and 4.7 yards per carry (99th).Grace Raynor, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
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What the culture needs instead, Way suggested, is to teach the value of empathy, of being vulnerable, of being curious about other people.Matthew Schnipper, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2025
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The wind is bending thick swirls of flame over Sunset Boulevard and the firefighters are helpless to stop it.Matt Gutman, ABC News, 9 Jan. 2025
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Buster the yellow Lab is a thicc fella who can stop, but will not stop, gleefully belly flopping into his swimming pool despite the increasingly helpless and desperately profane protestations of his mother.Julie Klausner, Vulture, 27 Dec. 2024
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Consequently, consumers endure the worst of both worlds: a commodity that is susceptible to rapid price increases, lacking the infrastructure to reduce prices during periods of overproduction, all while relying on an emissions-intensive delivery system.Ariel Cohen, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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Highly pathogenic avian influenza can infect domestic poultry, resulting in high sickness and death rates, officials said, and in this current outbreak, cattle, cats and other mammals also are susceptible.Chuck Fieldman, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2025
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Never store passwords in an unprotected digital document on your computer (no Google docs), and consider only storing your crypto seed phrases with pen and paper in a safe or locked box at home.Kate Irwin, PCMAG, 10 Jan. 2025
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As the drones streamed video, the 19-ton Stryker accelerated across the field, turning sharply to line up on Russian soldiers caught unprotected in the snow.David Axe, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Undefended.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undefended. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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