unsheltered

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adjective

Without shelter; exposed.

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Meanings

adjectiveunsheltered (comparative more unsheltered, superlative most unsheltered)

comparative more unsheltered · superlative most unsheltered

  1. Without shelter; exposed.

    This platform was used by the owning company's trains, but those of the District, and later of the Piccadilly Line, were relegated to the other platform, virtually devoid of covering, and accessible only by an unsheltered path passing behind the buffer stops.

    1952 March, R. K. Kirkland, “The Railways of Uxbridge”, in Railway Magazine, page 150
  2. Without being sheltered against.

    The rain came down upon my head Unshelter’d—and the heavy wind Was giantlike—so thou, my mind!— […]

    1829, Edgar Allan Poe, “Tamerlane”, in Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems

Synonyms & antonyms

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. Englishsheltered
  9. Englishunsheltered

From un- + sheltered.

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Translations

French inabrité
  • inabritéwithout shelter
Hungarian hajléktalan
  • hajléktalanwithout shelter
Irish aineascair, gan fothain
  • aineascairwithout shelter
  • gan fothainwithout shelter
  • gan foscadhwithout shelter
  • sceirdiúilwithout shelter
  • feidhearthawithout shelter
Portuguese desabrigado
  • desabrigadowithout shelter
Cite this entry
APA

unsheltered. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsheltered

MLA

“unsheltered.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsheltered. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unsheltered,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsheltered.

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