unarmored

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adjective

Not armored; not wearing armor

Similar
unarmouredscaleless
Opposite
armored
OriginEnglish armored ← Middle English armure ← Anglo-Norman armure →
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Meanings

adjectiveunarmored (comparative more unarmored, superlative most unarmored)

comparative more unarmored · superlative most unarmored · alternative obsolete rare unarmour'd

  1. Not armored; not wearing armor

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveused of animals; without protective covering

Similar
unarmouredscaleless
Opposite
armored

adjective(used of persons or things military) without protective armor

Similar
unarmoured
Opposite
armored
Also see
scalelessunarmoured

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂er-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂(e)rmos
  10. Proto-Italic*armos
  11. Latinarma
  12. Latinarmō
  13. Latinarmātūra
  14. Old Frencharmeure
  15. Anglo-Normanarmure
  16. Middle Englisharmure
  17. Englisharmor
  18. Englisharmored
  19. Englishunarmored

From un- + armored.

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APA

unarmored. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unarmored

MLA

“unarmored.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unarmored. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unarmored,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unarmored.

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