Meanings
adjectiveundefended (comparative more undefended, superlative most undefended)
comparative more undefended · superlative most undefended
- Not defended.
“You needn’t worry about bombs, by the way. Dresden is an open city. It is undefended, and contains no war industries or troop concentrations of any importance.”
1969 March 31, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Slaughterhouse-Five […] (A Seymour Lawrence Book), New York, N.Y.: Delacorte Press, →OCLC, page 127
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivenot defended or capable of being defended
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-
- Englishdefend
- Englishdefended
- Englishundefended
Translations
Hindi अरक्षित
- अरक्षित (arakṣit)not defended
Italian indifeso
- indifesonot defended
Latin indēfensus
- indēfensusnot defended
Cite this entry
APA
undefended. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undefended
MLA
“undefended.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undefended. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “undefended,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undefended.
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