† undefensableadj.
Obsolete.
1. = undefensible adj. 2.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [adjective] > exposed to danger > vulnerable > unprotected
nakedeOE
openeOE
yemelesc897
bare1297
unarmed1297
berghlessa1325
subjectc1384
undefensablec1412
unfencible1513
defenceless1532
wide open?1544
undefended1564
unfended1576
indefensive1586
undefensive1587
fenceless1594
unprotected1597
undefensible1616
unscreened1648
defendless1738
uncovereda1795
screenless1837
undefendable1938
c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 2619 We armes bere A-geyn the armed men, hem for to dere, And naght a-geyn children vndefensable.
c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 194 A knyȝt wyth-outen armoure, or armoure wyth-outen a knyȝt, is vndefensable.
2. Unpreventable.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > necessity > [adjective] > inevitable
uneschewablec1374
unscapablea1382
ineschewable1412
inevitablec1430
intreatable1509
unevitable1539
forcible1574
inextricable1576
unavoidable1577
resistless1590
unshunning1593
unavoided1597
inexorable1600
unpreventablea1601
fatal1605
irrenitible1605
unvoided1612
unescapable1614
shunlessa1616
unshunnablea1616
ineluctable1623
unpreventible1632
undefensablea1642
undeclinable1652
indeclinable1658
ineludible1662
avoidlessa1668
inavoidable1670
infrustrable1677
unhinderable1678
wardless1693
unfrustrable1714
unparryable1770
inescapable1792
inexcludible1817
unproscribable1817
unprecludible1825
undeliverable1843
inevasible1846
scapeless1850
deviceless1851
escapeless1855
unevadable1857
ineliminable1875
inavertible1885
unavertible1897
voidless1908
a1642 R. Callis Reading of Statute of Sewers (1647) ii. 114 Things which happen extraordinarily by the Sea or great waters..are counted inevitable and undefenceable.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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