unguarded
pronunciation
How to pronounce unguarded in British English:
UK [ʌnˈgɑ:dɪd]
How to pronounce unguarded in American English:
US [ˌʌnˈgɑrdɪd]
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- Adjective:
- lacking protection or a guard
- displaying or feeling no wariness
Word Origin
- unguarded (adj.)
- 1590s, "not furnished with a guard," from un- (1) "not" + guarded. Sense of "not on one's guard, not taking heed" is attested from 1630s.
Synonym
Example
- 1. Anyang city unguarded railway level crossing safety management committee .
- 2. Christopher prized it out of her in an unguarded moment .
- 3. But at the moment of maximum peril the upper sky was unguarded .
- 4. Certainly , some spontaneous digital collaborations can be dangerously unguarded .
- 5. They could not leave the city unguarded .