undefended

adjective

un·de·fend·ed ˌən-di-ˈfen-dəd

Synonyms of undefended next

: 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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In the north, Darwin was facing near-weekly bombing raids from Japanese bases on Timor and surrounding islands, and thousands of miles of tropical coastline were uninhabited and undefended. —

Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Sep. 2024 The whine of mosquitoes probing for just one millimeter of flesh undefended by DEET was constant, set off by a counterpoint buzz of horseflies circling my head. —

Rusty Foster, Washington Post, 23 July 2024 Finally, the extensive, rugged border between China and India will always furnish undefended areas that provide fertile ground for territory grabs. —

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 See all Example Sentences for undefended