unguard

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verb

To deprive of a guard

“a. 1768, Laurence Sterne, sermon When the gay and smiling aspect of things has begun to leave the passages to a man's heart thus thoughtlessly unguarded”

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Meanings

verbunguard (third-person singular simple present unguards, present participle unguarding, simple past and past participle unguarded)

present singular third person unguards · participle present unguarding · participle past unguarded · past unguarded

  1. transitiveTo deprive of a guard
  2. transitiveto leave unprotected.

    a. 1768, Laurence Sterne, sermon When the gay and smiling aspect of things has begun to leave the passages to a man's heart thus thoughtlessly unguarded

Origin

From un- + guard.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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