shelterlessadj.
/ˈʃɛltələs/, U.S. /ˈʃɛltərləs/ 1. Without a shelter or covering; unprotected from the elements.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > [adjective] > uncovered or exposed
openOE
unwrye?c1225
naked1601
unbare1624
exposed1630
detected1654
detect1661
unbareda1665
shelterless1714
1714 N. Rowe Jane Shore v. i Now sad and shelterless, perhaps, she lyes, Where piercing Winds blow sharp.
1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound ii. iv. 84 The unseasonable seasons drove..Their shelterless, pale tribes to mountain caves.
1885 R. Bridges Eros & Psyche vi. iv. 67 Fainting and shelterless Among the mountains was no place to bide.
2. That affords no shelter; not furnished with a sheltering structure.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [adjective] > exposed to danger > vulnerable > not affording shelter or protection
succourless1601
unsheltering1614
defenceless1694
shelterless1769
1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 163 We were compelled to take up with this shelterless hovel.
1837 W. Wordsworth Excursion (rev. ed.) vii, in Poet. Wks. VI. 256 An opening Shadeless and shelterless.
1839 Penny Cycl. XIV. 347/2 At the time of the cession..Malta was almost a shelterless rock.
1881 M. E. Braddon Asphodel I. iii. 54 Even Daphne..blinked a little as she crossed the shelterless promenade.
Derivatives
ˈshelterlessness n.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > [noun] > action or fact of exposing to view, the elements, etc.
exposure1609
exposturea1616
exposal1651
shelterlessnessc1878
c1878–9 in W. J. Fitz-Patrick Life T. N. Burke (1885) II. 298 The houselessness and shelterlessness of our Saviour.
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