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
As with the assault on Pearl Harbor and the 9/11 attacks, the United States has been left essentially undefended.
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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
Ecuador, on the Pacific coast between Colombia and Peru, the world’s two largest cocaine producers, and with much of its coastline undefended, has become a crucial transit country for drugs bound for the United States and Europe.
—Arturo Torres and Samantha Schmidt, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Aug. 2023
Yet, several prominent women in science have shared stories with us of how these approaches aren’t stopping predatory activity and how institutional failures leave women feeling unsupported, undefended and unsafe.
—Jenny Morber, Scientific American, 10 June 2023
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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
Ecuador, on the Pacific coast between Colombia and Peru, the world’s two largest cocaine producers, and with much of its coastline undefended, has become a crucial transit country for drugs bound for the United States and Europe.
—Arturo Torres and Samantha Schmidt, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Aug. 2023
Yet, several prominent women in science have shared stories with us of how these approaches aren’t stopping predatory activity and how institutional failures leave women feeling unsupported, undefended and unsafe.
—Jenny Morber, Scientific American, 10 June 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undefended
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The older trees themselves, more exposed in the landscape, could be more vulnerable to windstorms.April Ehrlich, ProPublica, 12 Nov. 2024
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Beijing, on the other hand, remains reliant on Taiwanese technology products for its manufacturing industry, meaning that China is now arguably more vulnerable to a disruption in cross-strait trade than Taiwan.David Sacks, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2024
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While Chris Smith lay helpless, authorities say Tarr was plotting to silence him forever.Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2024
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This creates a helpless but highly effective kind of suspense, as Iris must rely on her tormentor to mess up, at least until her limbs start to respond again.Peter Debruge, Variety, 25 Oct. 2024
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Notably, losing an hour of daylight can take a toll on people who are susceptible to seasonal affective disorder, a type of depression that peaks during the darker winter months.Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
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Camellias are also susceptible to a number of diseases, the most serious of which are flower blight, root rot, and camellia dieback and canker.Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2024
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Players with player or team options in their contracts were fair game to be left unprotected, too.Bryan Toporek, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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The new advice is to test anyone with a significant bird flu exposure, such as an unprotected worker who’s been splashed in the face with raw milk on a dairy farm with known H5N1 infections in the herds.Erika Edwards, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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“Undefended.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undefended. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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