Meanings
- Not fenced.
- not comparableNot enclosed by a fence and thus free to roam over a wider area.
Near-synonym: free-range
1 more example
Ireland must have remained utterly unfenced and, therefore, uncultivated, for many a century; and the sparse tribes that inhabited the country must have principally subsisted venatically.
1858, The Journal of the Kilkenny and South-east of Ireland Archaeological SocietySynonyms: free-range
- not comparableusuallybusinessNot enclosed by a fence and thus more easily approachable, visitable, encroachable, attackable, and so on.
The line is unfenced, except in the vicinity of stations, and runs across the treeless Mesaorian plain for the whole distance between Famagusta and Nicosia.
1941 May, W. Dendy, “The Cyprus Government Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 2011 more example
It was a rural railway that served the fertile Fens of Cambridgeshire and Norfolk. But because it flanked public roads and was unfenced (to save costs), it was deemed a tramway and its locomotives had to be fitted with a cowcatcher.
2023 January 11, Richard Foster, “British Rail's weirdest railways...: Wisbech & Upwell Tramway”, in RAIL, number 974, page 46Synonyms: fenceless
- figurativelynot comparableWithout protection.
She [Nature] has made the hinder part of the Head, more strong, as being otherwise unfenced against falls and other casualties.
1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 81Synonyms: fenceless, undefended, defenceless, defenseless
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of unfence
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveNot enclosed by a fence and thus free to roam over a wider area.
adjectiveNot enclosed by a fence and thus more easily approachable, visitable, encroachable, attackable, and so on.
adjectiveWithout protection.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivenot enclosed by a fence
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-
- Englishfenced
- Englishunfenced
Translations
Ancient Greek ἄφρακτος, ἄφρακτος
- ἄφρακτος (áphraktos)not enclosed by a fence
- ἄφρακτος (áphraktos)without protection
Finnish aitaamaton, suojaton
- aitaamatonnot enclosed by a fence
- suojatonwithout protection
Cite this entry
unfenced. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfenced
“unfenced.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfenced. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unfenced,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfenced.
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