armorless
Lacking defensive covering
Without armor or protective covering.
The term applies literally to unprotected warriors or vehicles, and figuratively to emotional vulnerability: She felt armorless against his criticism.
Also spelled armourless in British English.
Lacking protective covering
- unshieldedLacking protective barrier
- defenselessWithout means to resist
- unprotectedWithout safeguard or shield
- exposedOut in open
susceptible · assailable · penetrable · unguarded · unfortified · helpless · weak · fragile
Lacking any covering
- nakedWearing no garments
- uncoveredMade visible or known
- strippedHad coverings removed
- revealedMade visible or known
undressed · unhidden · unveiled · visible · bared · unconcealed · manifest · overt
Serious threat of harm
- dangerExposure to harm
- hazardSource of potential harm
- jeopardyRisk of harm
- threatIndication of potential harm
vulnerability · liability · insecurity · precariousness · endangerment · exposure · openness · defencelessness
unarmored
Lacking protective covering
- unshieldedLacking protective barrier
- defenselessWithout means to resist
- unprotectedWithout safeguard or shield
exposed · susceptible · assailable · penetrable · unguarded · unfortified · helpless · weak · fragile · delicate
bare
Lacking any covering
revealed · undressed · unhidden · unveiled · visible · bared · unconcealed · manifest · overt · disclosed
peril
Serious threat of harm
threat · vulnerability · liability · insecurity · precariousness · endangerment · exposure · openness · defencelessness