unshielded
Open to harm
Unshielded means lacking protection or cover.
An unshielded wire has no insulating barrier.
Unshielded eyes are exposed to bright light.
The word applies to physical vulnerability—an unshielded reactor—and figurative exposure: unshielded from criticism.
In electronics, unshielded cables lack the metal casing that blocks electromagnetic interference.
Lacking any covering
- uncoveredMade visible or known
- nakedWearing no garments
- unprotectedWithout safeguard or shield
- revealedMade visible or known
out in the open · unconcealed · stripped · unveiled · displayed · visible · unhidden · open
Without means to resist
- susceptibleEasily influenced or harmed
- undefendedLacking protective measures
- unprotectedWithout safeguard or shield
- assailableOpen to attack
penetrable · unfortified · endangered · imperiled · at risk · helpless · pregnable · exposed
Apt to cause harm
- riskyInvolving possible harm
- unsafeLikely to cause harm
- perilousFraught with danger
- precariousDangerously insecure
hazardous · unprotected · unsecured · reckless · careless · negligent · imprudent · incautious
Lacking protective covering
- ungroundedLacking factual basis
- bare wireUnsheathed electrical conductor
- live wireElectrified conductor or dynamo
- conductiveAllows energy transfer
electromagnetic · radiation · interference · RF · EMI · circuitry · electrical · cable
bare
Lacking any covering
- uncoveredMade visible or known
- nakedWearing no garments
- unprotectedWithout safeguard or shield
revealed · out in the open · unconcealed · stripped · unveiled · displayed · visible · unhidden · open · raw
defenseless
Without means to resist
- susceptibleEasily influenced or harmed
- undefendedLacking protective measures
- unprotectedWithout safeguard or shield
assailable · penetrable · unfortified · endangered · imperiled · at risk · helpless · pregnable · exposed · unarmored
dangerous
Apt to cause harm
precarious · hazardous · unprotected · unsecured · reckless · careless · negligent · imprudent · incautious · harm's way
uninsulated
Lacking protective covering
- ungroundedLacking factual basis
- bare wireUnsheathed electrical conductor
- live wireElectrified conductor or dynamo
conductive · electromagnetic · radiation · interference · RF · EMI · circuitry · electrical · cable · wiring
- Security Statussafe, secure, secured, unsafe, insecure
- exposedbare, uncovered, revealed, visible, exposed
- vulnerabilityvulnerability, vulnerable, defenselessness, defenseless, helplessness
- scarcityscarcity, scarce, shortage, scant, scanty
- electrical stateson, off, live, dead, energized
unshieldedsafe
Free from peril
secure · invulnerable · impervious · immune · safeguarded
shield, shielded, shields, shielding, shielder, shieldless, shielders