unprotected
Open to harm
Unprotected means lacking protection or defense.
An unprotected border has no guards or barriers.
Unprotected sex occurs without contraception or barrier methods to prevent pregnancy or disease transmission.
In computing, unprotected files lack security restrictions.
The village lay unprotected against the approaching storm.
Made visible or known
- bareLacking any covering
- nakedWearing no garments
- openNot closed
- unshelteredHaving no overhead protection
revealed · stripped · without cover · out in the open · unshielded · windswept · weathered · raw
Open to attack
- helplessUnable to act independently
- powerlessLacking strength or authority
- weakLacking power or force
- defenselessWithout means to resist
unarmed · undefended · unguarded · exposed · susceptible · assailable · prey · victim
Not in cipher
- unsecuredNot backed by collateral
- passwordAuthentication string
- firewallNetwork access control system
- hackedGained unauthorized access
data breach · cyberattack · malware · antivirus · network · server · login · authentication
Lacking protective barrier
- contraceptionPregnancy prevention measures
- condomContraceptive sheath worn internally
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
- STISexually transmitted infection
pregnancy · intercourse · unsafe sex · raw · bareback · birth control · sexually transmitted · risk-taking
uncovered
Made visible or known
unsheltered · revealed · stripped · without cover · out in the open · unshielded · windswept · weathered · raw · unclothed
vulnerable
Open to attack
defenseless · unarmed · undefended · unguarded · exposed · susceptible · assailable · prey · victim · at risk
unencrypted
Not in cipher
hacked · data breach · cyberattack · malware · antivirus · network · server · login · authentication · software
unshielded
Lacking protective barrier
- contraceptionPregnancy prevention measures
- condomContraceptive sheath worn internally
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
STI · pregnancy · intercourse · unsafe sex · raw · bareback · birth control · sexually transmitted · risk-taking · HIV
uninsured
Lacking protective coverage
warranty · guarantee · rights · claim · patent · copyright · trademark · intellectual property · contract · safeguard
- Security Statussafe, secure, secured, unsafe, insecure
- exposedbare, uncovered, revealed, visible, exposed
- opennessopen, openness, transparent, transparency, accessible
- vulnerabilityvulnerability, vulnerable, defenselessness, defenseless, helplessness
- Danger Levelsdanger, high risk, high-risk, low risk, critical
- danger wordshazard, peril, threat, risk, danger zone
unprotectedsafe
Free from peril
secure · immune · invulnerable · impenetrable · resistant
unprotectedprotected
Kept from harm
guarded · shielded · fortified · impregnable · impenetrable
- unprotected sexIntercourse without contraception