unstrengthened
Left without reinforcement
Unstrengthened means not made stronger or reinforced.
The word appears in technical contexts—unstrengthened concrete, unstrengthened masonry—and occasionally in figurative ones: an unstrengthened resolve.
It describes something that remains in its original state, without added support or fortification.
Lacking military defenses
- unreinforcedLacking supplemental support
- unbracedNot reinforced or steadied
- unsupportedLacking backing or proof
- unstiffenedNot made rigid
unshored · unbacked · unanchored · unconsolidated · unpropped · unfastened · unsecured · unlashed
Liable to shatter
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
- breakableCapable of shattering
- frailWeak and breakable
- flimsyWeak and easily damaged
tenuous · fragile · vulnerable · shatterable · crackable · thin · insubstantial · weak
Out in open
- defenselessWithout means to resist
- susceptibleEasily influenced or harmed
- unprotectedWithout safeguard or shield
- unshieldedLacking protective barrier
undefended · assailable · penetrable · open · at-risk · endangered · threatened · imperiled
Made weak or infirm
- enfeebledMade weak or feeble
- diminishedMade or became smaller
- sappedDepleted of vitality
- depletedSeverely reduced or emptied
attenuated · enervated · devitalized · undermined · withered · deteriorated · eroded · faded
unfortified
Lacking military defenses
- unreinforcedLacking supplemental support
- unbracedNot reinforced or steadied
- unsupportedLacking backing or proof
unstiffened · unshored · unbacked · unanchored · unconsolidated · unpropped · unfastened · unsecured · unlashed · untethered
brittle
Liable to shatter
flimsy · tenuous · fragile · vulnerable · shatterable · crackable · thin · insubstantial · weak · feeble
exposed
Out in open
- defenselessWithout means to resist
- susceptibleEasily influenced or harmed
- unprotectedWithout safeguard or shield
unshielded · undefended · assailable · penetrable · open · at-risk · endangered · threatened · imperiled · unsafe
debilitated
Made weak or infirm
- enfeebledMade weak or feeble
- diminishedMade or became smaller
- sappedDepleted of vitality
depleted · attenuated · enervated · devitalized · undermined · withered · deteriorated · eroded · faded · impaired
unstrengthenedstrengthened
Made more robust
reinforced · braced · buttressed · shored up · supported
strong, strength, strengthen, strongly, stronger, strongest, stronghold, strongman, strengthened