unburrowed
Stayed above ground
Unburrowed describes something that has not dug into or settled beneath a surface.
Animals that remain unburrowed stay above ground rather than tunneling into soil or sand.
The word can extend figuratively to anything that hasn't embedded itself deeply: The idea remained unburrowed in his mind, easily displaced by newer thoughts.
Released from confinement
- releasedSet free from confinement
- escapedGot away from confinement
- emergedCame into view
- unconfinedNot restricted or contained
unrestrained · unrestricted · unhindered · loosed · disentangled · extricated · disengaged · unchained
Dug up systematically
- disinterredRemoved from burial
- dug upExtracted from ground
- extractedRemoved from source
- uncoveredMade visible or known
exhumed · surfaced · retrieved · uprooted · displaced · evicted · expelled · removed
Without safeguard or shield
- unshelteredHaving no overhead protection
- vulnerableOpen to attack
- defenselessWithout means to resist
- bareLacking any covering
out in the open · in the open · unshielded · undefended · naked · susceptible · visible · unhidden
freed
Released from confinement
unconfined · unrestrained · unrestricted · unhindered · loosed · disentangled · extricated · disengaged · unchained · unfettered
excavated
Dug up systematically
- disinterredRemoved from burial
- dug upExtracted from ground
- extractedRemoved from source
uncovered · exhumed · surfaced · retrieved · uprooted · displaced · evicted · expelled · removed · archaeology
unprotected
Without safeguard or shield
- unshelteredHaving no overhead protection
- vulnerableOpen to attack
- defenselessWithout means to resist
bare · out in the open · in the open · unshielded · undefended · naked · susceptible · visible · unhidden · unconcealed
shelterless
Having no protection overhead
exposed · wandering · rootless · unanchored · adrift · itinerant · vagabond