unshielded

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adjective

Not shielded.

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unprotected
OriginEnglish shielded ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

unshielded1

adjectiveunshielded (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot shielded.

    Two scientists at the University of Genoa, Italy, noted that the rays coming from unshielded quartz-halogen lamps can induce mutations in the DNA of bacteria.

    1992 April 27, “Beware Halogen Bulbs”, in Time, New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Jul 2024

unshielded2

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of unshield

Synonyms & antonyms

adjective(used especially of machinery) not protected by a shield

Similar
unprotected
Also see
unprotected

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. Englishshielded
  9. Englishunshielded

From un- + shielded.

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Translations

Finnish suojaamaton
  • suojaamatonnot shielded
Norwegian Bokmål uskjermet
  • uskjermetnot shielded
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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