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Unarmed

//ˌʌnˈɑɹmd// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Defenceless and lacking weapons. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Defenceless and lacking weapons.; Lacking both weapons and protective armour. not-comparable
  3. 3
    Not having thorns, claws, or other dangerous appendages. not-comparable

    "An unarmed jellyfish would never capture prey."

  4. 4
    Unaided, as of the vision without a glass. not-comparable, obsolete

    "[…] in order to see such Objects as are very remote, purblind Persons must make Use of concave Glasses, whose Radii are equal to the Distances at which they see distinctly with their unarmed Eyes."

Adjective
  1. 1
    (used of persons or the military) not having or using arms wordnet
  2. 2
    (used of plants or animals) lacking barbs or stings or thorns wordnet

Etymology

From un- + armed.

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