underprotected
Lacking adequate defense
Underprotected means insufficiently shielded from harm, risk, or danger.
Something underprotected lacks adequate safeguards: underprotected computer networks, underprotected workers without proper safety gear.
The term often appears in policy discussions about vulnerable populations or inadequate security measures: The report found that coastal communities remain underprotected against flooding.
Without means to resist
- undefendedLacking protective measures
- unshieldedLacking protective barrier
- helplessUnable to act independently
- exposedOut in open
susceptible · endangered · threatened · at-risk · precarious · unsafe · unsecured · unguarded
Not noticed or considered
- ignoredPurposely not noticed
- underservedInsufficiently provided for
- abandonedLeft behind completely
- forgottenNo longer recalled
disregarded · unattended · unmaintained · uncared-for · forsaken · sidelined · dismissed · unnoticed
Legal or financial obligation
- hazardSource of potential harm
- exposureState of being unprotected
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
- perilSerious threat of harm
danger · jeopardy · threat · uncertainty · insecurity · precariousness · uninsured · underinsured
defenseless
Without means to resist
- undefendedLacking protective measures
- unshieldedLacking protective barrier
- helplessUnable to act independently
exposed · susceptible · endangered · threatened · at-risk · precarious · unsafe · unsecured · unguarded · unfortified
overlooked
Not noticed or considered
- ignoredPurposely not noticed
- underservedInsufficiently provided for
- abandonedLeft behind completely
forgotten · disregarded · unattended · unmaintained · uncared-for · forsaken · sidelined · dismissed · unnoticed · unheeded
liability
Legal or financial obligation
- hazardSource of potential harm
- exposureState of being unprotected
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
peril · danger · jeopardy · threat · uncertainty · insecurity · precariousness · uninsured · underinsured · uncovered
elements
Fundamental parts or substances
- unshelteredHaving no overhead protection
- weatheredEroded by exposure
- bareLacking any covering
uncovered · outdoors · sunburn · stripped · unshaded · windswept · frostbitten · raw
underprotectedoverprotected
Guarded to excess
fortified · shielded · safeguarded · secured · defended
protect, protection, protective, protector, unprotected, protectors, protectorate, overprotect, overprotected