unhardened
Not yet tempered
Unhardened means not made hard or tough.
Steel that is unhardened hasn't undergone heat treatment to increase its strength.
An unhardened criminal lacks the callousness of a seasoned offender.
The unhardened recruits still flinched at gunfire.
The word suggests vulnerability or lack of conditioning—something or someone not yet toughened by process or experience.
Yielding to touch
- pliableCapable of bending easily
- malleableCapable of being shaped
- ductileAble to deform permanently
- workableAble to be implemented
bendable · yielding · untempered · annealed · formable · moldable · shapeable · plastic
Flexing without damage
- elasticAble to stretch, rebounds
- pliantEasily bent or influenced
- limberBending without resistance
- springyAble to rebound
resilient · tensile · stretchable · lithe · willowy · lissome · whippy · flexuous
Out in open
- defenselessWithout means to resist
- unprotectedWithout safeguard or shield
- susceptibleEasily influenced or harmed
- weakLacking power or force
unshielded · undefended · penetrable · assailable · unarmored · unfortified · open · at-risk
soft
Yielding to touch
workable · bendable · yielding · untempered · annealed · formable · moldable · shapeable · plastic · impressionable
supple
Flexing without damage
springy · resilient · tensile · stretchable · lithe · willowy · lissome · whippy · flexuous · rubbery
exposed
Out in open
- defenselessWithout means to resist
- unprotectedWithout safeguard or shield
- susceptibleEasily influenced or harmed
weak · unshielded · undefended · penetrable · assailable · unarmored · unfortified · open · at-risk · breachable