Meanings
- not comparableDefenceless and lacking weapons.
- not comparableLacking both weapons and protective armour.
- not comparablebiologyNot having thorns, claws, or other dangerous appendages.
An unarmed jellyfish would never capture prey.
- not comparableobsoleteUnaided, as of the vision without a glass.
[…] in order to see such Objects as are very remote, purblind Persons must make Use of concave Glasses, whose Radii are equal to the Distances at which they see distinctly with their unarmed Eyes.
1759, William Porterfield, A treatise on the eye, the manner and phaenomena of vision
Synonyms & antonyms
adjective(used of persons or the military) not having or using arms
adjective(used of plants or animals) lacking barbs or stings or thorns
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englisharm
- Englisharmed
- Englishunarmed
Translations
Ancient Greek ἄοπλος, ἄοπλος
- ἄοπλος (áoplos)not carrying arms
- ἄοπλος (áoplos)lacking weapons
Arabic أَعْزَل
- أَعْزَل (ʔaʕzal)lacking weapons
Bulgarian невъоръже́н
- невъоръже́н (nevăorăžén)lacking weapons
Catalan desarmat, desarmat
- desarmatnot carrying arms
- desarmatlacking weapons
Czech neozbrojený, neozbrojený
- neozbrojenýnot carrying arms
- neozbrojenýlacking weapons
Danish ubevæpnet
- ubevæpnetlacking weapons
Dutch vapenlös, ongewapend
- vapenlösnot carrying arms
- ongewapendlacking weapons
Finnish aseeton, aseistamaton
- aseetonnot carrying arms
- aseistamatonnot carrying arms
- aseetonnot having thorns or claws
- aseetonlacking weapons
- aseistamatonlacking weapons
French sans armes, non armé
- sans armeslacking weapons
- non armélacking weapons
German unbewaffnet, waffenlos
- unbewaffnetnot carrying arms
- waffenlosnot carrying arms
- unbewaffnetlacking weapons
Hindi निहत्था, शस्त्रहीन
- निहत्था (nihatthā)not carrying arms
- शस्त्रहीन (śastrahīn)not carrying arms
- निहत्था (nihatthā)lacking weapons
- शस्त्रहीन (śastrahīn)lacking weapons
Hungarian fegyvertelen, agyartalan
- fegyvertelennot carrying arms
- agyartalannot having thorns or claws
- tövistelennot having thorns or claws
- tüskétlennot having thorns or claws
- fegyvertelenlacking weapons
Italian disarmato, indifeso
- disarmatonot carrying arms
- indifesolacking weapons
- inermelacking weapons
Latin inermis
- inermislacking weapons
Lithuanian beginklis
- beginklislacking weapons
Māori ringakore, ringakore
- ringakorenot carrying arms
- ringakorelacking weapons
Norwegian Bokmål ubevæpnet, ubevæpna
- ubevæpnetnot carrying arms
- ubevæpnanot carrying arms
- ubevæpnetlacking weapons
- ubevæpnalacking weapons
Polish nieuzbrojony, nieuzbrojony
- nieuzbrojonynot carrying arms
- nieuzbrojonylacking weapons
- bezorężnylacking weapons
Portuguese desarmado, desarmado
- desarmadonot carrying arms
- desarmadolacking weapons
Russian безору́жный, невооружённый
- безору́жный (bezorúžnyj)not carrying arms
- невооружённый (nevooružónnyj)not carrying arms
- невооружённый (nevooružónnyj)lacking weapons
- безору́жный (bezorúžnyj)lacking weapons
Slovak neozbrojený
- neozbrojenýlacking weapons
Swedish oväpnad, obeväpnad
- oväpnadnot carrying arms
- obeväpnadlacking weapons
Ukrainian беззбро́йний, неозбро́єний
- беззбро́йний (bezzbrójnyj)not carrying arms
- неозбро́єний (neozbrójenyj)not carrying arms
- неозбро́єний (neozbrójenyj)lacking weapons
- беззбро́йний (bezzbrójnyj)lacking weapons
Urdu نِہَتّا, نِہَتّی
- نِہَتّا (nihattā)lacking weapons
- نِہَتّی (nihattī)lacking weapons
Welsh anarfog, di-arf
- anarfoglacking weapons
- di-arflacking weapons
- diarfaulacking weapons
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
unarmed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unarmed
“unarmed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unarmed. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unarmed,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unarmed.
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