unguardedadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈɡɑːdᵻd/,

/(ˌ)ʌŋˈɡɑːdᵻd/, U.S.

/ˌənˈɡɑrdəd/

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 2.

a. Not furnished with, or protected by, a guard; left undefended or open to attack, spoliation, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [adjective] > exposed to danger > vulnerable > unguarded

unwarneda1240

unwarda1325

unwarded1382

unkept?c1430

undefenced1451

unguardedc1602

guardless?1611

watchless1842

c1602 C. Marlowe tr. Ovid Elegies iii. iv. sig. E^v Few loue, what others haue vnguarded left.

1626 J. Mede Let. 14 Oct. in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 250 I hear some of opinion that the Duke likes not so unguarded a place.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis xii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 602 He views th' unguarded City from afar, In careless quiet, and secure of War.

a1771 T. Gray Agrippina in Poems (1775) 128 Alone, unguarded, and without a lictor.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. xxxi. 193 His troops..occupied the unguarded passes of the Apennine.

1824 L.-M. Hawkins Annaline III. 40 [He] made off and left the door unguarded.

1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey I. 208 We used to ride..through the country unarmed and unguarded.

1885 Manch. Examiner 13 Jan. 5/3 A small body..entered the town by an unguarded gate.

b. In figurative contexts.

ΚΠ

1673 R. Leigh Transproser Rehears'd 39 This is Momba's and De Groot's doings, to leave this passage open and ungarded.

a1704 T. Brown Satyr against Woman in Wks. (1707) I. i. 83 Thus all the unguarded passes of his Mind she'll try.

c. transferred. In chess or card-playing: Not protected by other pieces or cards.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > chess > [adjective] > positions

unguarded1808

guarded1835

weak1860

checking?1870

pinned1924

1808 Hoyle's Game of Chess 46 (note) Your knight will then defend your king's pawn, otherwise unguarded.

1862 ‘Cavendish’ Princ. Whist (1864) 95 Queen singly guarded may make a trick, but the ten of clubs unguarded cannot.

a. Not on one's guard; not taking heed or exercising caution. Chiefly figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [adjective]

unwarec897

uncircumspect?1504

incircumspect1531

unwares1548

wareless1562

unwary1579

unwarning1609

incautelous1610

uncharya1616

uncautelous1628

uncanny1638

unguarded1640

uncautious1644

guardless1654

uncautioned1671

incautiousa1703

cautionless1792

unaware1817

1640 J. Shirley Coronation iv. sig. H2 I..have not A thought so much unguarded, as to be wonne From my truth, and innocence.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis xii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 609 Rais'd on the Stretch, young Turnus aims a blow, Full on the Helm of his unguarded Foe.

a1763 W. King Polit. & Lit. Anecd. (1819) 44 Sir Robert [Walpole] was frequently very unguarded in his expressions.

1796 F. Burney Camilla IV. vii. xii. 185 The unsuspicious frankness of an unguarded, because innocent nature.

1840 Lady Lyttelton Corr. (1912) 298 Such a new thing for her to dare to be unguarded in conversation with anybody.

1881 B. Jowett tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War I. 186 The general who..never loses an opportunity of striking at an unguarded foe.

b. Of times: Characterized by the absence of guard or caution.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [adjective] > specifically of times

unguarded1680

1680 T. Otway Orphan i. 11 I'll yet possess my Love, Wait on, and watch her loose unguarded hours.

1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xii. 336 An active enemy..must, in the end, discover some feeble spot or some unguarded moment.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xv. 596 It is highly probable that his mother..took a fatal advantage of some unguarded hour, when he was irritated by finding his advice slighted.

c. Of expressions, actions, etc.: Incautious, imprudent; careless.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [adjective] > specifically of actions

foolhardyc1390

unwarea1395

uncircumspect1563

unwary1610

unguarded1714

off guard1937

1714 S. Ockley in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Literary Men (1843) (Camden) 350 If a person should..upon the account of an unguarded expression..suffer a capital sentence.

1751 Earl of Orrery Remarks Swift (1752) ix. 114 A picture..drawn in too loose a garment, and too unguarded a posture.

1827 E. Bulwer-Lytton Falkland 37 I have watched feeling in its unguarded sallies.

1835 E. Bulwer-Lytton Rienzi III. x. vii. 309 Their gestures were vehement and unguarded.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vii. 163 Every unguarded word uttered by him was noted down.

3. Not protected, screened, or fenced off, by some arrangement or device.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [adjective] > exposed to danger > vulnerable > unguarded > unguarded by some device

unguarded1770

1770 P. Luckombe Conc. Hist. Printing 240 d, f, l, when they stand with their beaks unguarded,..run as great a hazard [of being broken].

1785 W. Cowper Task iv. 469 Ev'ry twentieth pace Conducts th' unguarded nose to such a whiff Of stale debauch.

1844 H. M. Noad Lect. Electr. (ed. 2) 80 Decomposing water by current alone, and with unguarded poles.

1872 W. D. Howells Their Wedding Journey vi. 158 The road.., next the precipice, is unguarded by any sort of parapet.

1900 Westm. Gaz. 2 May 6/3 Dust or gas..ignited by an unguarded lamp.

Derivatives

unˈguardedness n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [noun]

unwarenessa1425

unware1475

unwariness1544

incircumspectness1568

uncircumspection1598

incautelousness1640

incircumspection1646

uncautelousnessa1656

uncautiousness1672

incaution1720

incautiousness1811

unguardedness1818

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [noun] > liability to harm, loss, etc. > action or condition of exposure to harm > unprotectedness

nakednessa1586

openness1587

exposedness1620

obviousness1669

defencelessness1683

unguardedness1818

unprotectedness1819

fencelessness1856

1818 ‘T. Brown’ Brighton III. i. 38 So also does he argue with ability, when unguardedness does not break in upon him.

1828 M. M. Sherwood Lady of Manor VI. xxvii. 51 That sort of unguardedness which consists in supposing all around one to be well-intentioned.

1887 Women's Union Jrnl. 15 Dec. 94 A moment of optical unguardedness, when..eve-glasses lay on a table before him.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	unguarded
释义	unguardedadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈɡɑːdᵻd/, /(ˌ)ʌŋˈɡɑːdᵻd/, U.S. /ˌənˈɡɑrdəd/ Etymology: un- prefix¹ 2. 1. a. Not furnished with, or protected by, a guard; left undefended or open to attack, spoliation, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [adjective] > exposed to danger > vulnerable > unguarded unwarneda1240 unwarda1325 unwarded1382 unkept?c1430 undefenced1451 unguardedc1602 guardless?1611 watchless1842 c1602 C. Marlowe tr. Ovid Elegies iii. iv. sig. E^v Few loue, what others haue vnguarded left. 1626 J. Mede Let. 14 Oct. in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 250 I hear some of opinion that the Duke likes not so unguarded a place. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis xii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 602 He views th' unguarded City from afar, In careless quiet, and secure of War. a1771 T. Gray Agrippina in Poems (1775) 128 Alone, unguarded, and without a lictor. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. xxxi. 193 His troops..occupied the unguarded passes of the Apennine. 1824 L.-M. Hawkins Annaline III. 40 [He] made off and left the door unguarded. 1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey I. 208 We used to ride..through the country unarmed and unguarded. 1885 Manch. Examiner 13 Jan. 5/3 A small body..entered the town by an unguarded gate. b. In figurative contexts. ΚΠ 1673 R. Leigh Transproser Rehears'd 39 This is Momba's and De Groot's doings, to leave this passage open and ungarded. a1704 T. Brown Satyr against Woman in Wks. (1707) I. i. 83 Thus all the unguarded passes of his Mind she'll try. c. transferred. In chess or card-playing: Not protected by other pieces or cards. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > chess > [adjective] > positions unguarded1808 guarded1835 weak1860 checking?1870 pinned1924 1808 Hoyle's Game of Chess 46 (note) Your knight will then defend your king's pawn, otherwise unguarded. 1862 ‘Cavendish’ Princ. Whist (1864) 95 Queen singly guarded may make a trick, but the ten of clubs unguarded cannot. 2. a. Not on one's guard; not taking heed or exercising caution. Chiefly figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [adjective] unwarec897 uncircumspect?1504 incircumspect1531 unwares1548 wareless1562 unwary1579 unwarning1609 incautelous1610 uncharya1616 uncautelous1628 uncanny1638 unguarded1640 uncautious1644 guardless1654 uncautioned1671 incautiousa1703 cautionless1792 unaware1817 1640 J. Shirley Coronation iv. sig. H2 I..have not A thought so much unguarded, as to be wonne From my truth, and innocence. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis xii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 609 Rais'd on the Stretch, young Turnus aims a blow, Full on the Helm of his unguarded Foe. a1763 W. King Polit. & Lit. Anecd. (1819) 44 Sir Robert [Walpole] was frequently very unguarded in his expressions. 1796 F. Burney Camilla IV. vii. xii. 185 The unsuspicious frankness of an unguarded, because innocent nature. 1840 Lady Lyttelton Corr. (1912) 298 Such a new thing for her to dare to be unguarded in conversation with anybody. 1881 B. Jowett tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War I. 186 The general who..never loses an opportunity of striking at an unguarded foe. b. Of times: Characterized by the absence of guard or caution. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [adjective] > specifically of times unguarded1680 1680 T. Otway Orphan i. 11 I'll yet possess my Love, Wait on, and watch her loose unguarded hours. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xii. 336 An active enemy..must, in the end, discover some feeble spot or some unguarded moment. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xv. 596 It is highly probable that his mother..took a fatal advantage of some unguarded hour, when he was irritated by finding his advice slighted. c. Of expressions, actions, etc.: Incautious, imprudent; careless. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [adjective] > specifically of actions foolhardyc1390 unwarea1395 uncircumspect1563 unwary1610 unguarded1714 off guard1937 1714 S. Ockley in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Literary Men (1843) (Camden) 350 If a person should..upon the account of an unguarded expression..suffer a capital sentence. 1751 Earl of Orrery Remarks Swift (1752) ix. 114 A picture..drawn in too loose a garment, and too unguarded a posture. 1827 E. Bulwer-Lytton Falkland 37 I have watched feeling in its unguarded sallies. 1835 E. Bulwer-Lytton Rienzi III. x. vii. 309 Their gestures were vehement and unguarded. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vii. 163 Every unguarded word uttered by him was noted down. 3. Not protected, screened, or fenced off, by some arrangement or device. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [adjective] > exposed to danger > vulnerable > unguarded > unguarded by some device unguarded1770 1770 P. Luckombe Conc. Hist. Printing 240 d, f, l, when they stand with their beaks unguarded,..run as great a hazard [of being broken]. 1785 W. Cowper Task iv. 469 Ev'ry twentieth pace Conducts th' unguarded nose to such a whiff Of stale debauch. 1844 H. M. Noad Lect. Electr. (ed. 2) 80 Decomposing water by current alone, and with unguarded poles. 1872 W. D. Howells Their Wedding Journey vi. 158 The road.., next the precipice, is unguarded by any sort of parapet. 1900 Westm. Gaz. 2 May 6/3 Dust or gas..ignited by an unguarded lamp. Derivatives unˈguardedness n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [noun] unwarenessa1425 unware1475 unwariness1544 incircumspectness1568 uncircumspection1598 incautelousness1640 incircumspection1646 uncautelousnessa1656 uncautiousness1672 incaution1720 incautiousness1811 unguardedness1818 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [noun] > liability to harm, loss, etc. > action or condition of exposure to harm > unprotectedness nakednessa1586 openness1587 exposedness1620 obviousness1669 defencelessness1683 unguardedness1818 unprotectedness1819 fencelessness1856 1818 ‘T. Brown’ Brighton III. i. 38 So also does he argue with ability, when unguardedness does not break in upon him. 1828 M. M. Sherwood Lady of Manor VI. xxvii. 51 That sort of unguardedness which consists in supposing all around one to be well-intentioned. 1887 Women's Union Jrnl. 15 Dec. 94 A moment of optical unguardedness, when..eve-glasses lay on a table before him. 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