unprotectedlyadv.
/(ˌ)ʌnprəˈtɛktᵻdli/, U.S. /ˌənprəˈtɛktədli/ Without protection.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [adverb] > in danger > liable to injury or harm > without protection
nakedlya1576
unprotectedlya1813
a1813 J. Appleton Anal. or Detailed Explic. Gospels (1815) 483 A circumstance, which..left her unprotectedly exposed to the casualties of life.
1823 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 14 461 Seeing their friends massacred unprotectedly all round them.
1929 Sci. New Let. 6 July 5/2 Acorns converted into mere rubbish by decay.., so long ago and so unprotectedly were they stored.
2007 Irish Independent (Nexis) 30 Mar. Will he not very probably be convinced that he is now immune to AIDS? Will he not romp unprotectedly with prostitutes even more than he already has been?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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