Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Lacking protection or a guard; vulnerable.
  • adjective Displaying, having, or feeling no wariness; incautious.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not guarded; not watched; not defended; having no guard.
  • Careless; negligent; not cautious; not done or spoken with caution: as, an unguarded expression or action; to be unguarded in conversation.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Having no guard or protection; vulnerable.
  • adjective Displaying a lack of caution or thought.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective displaying or feeling no wariness
  • adjective lacking protection or a guard

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Examples

  • He demanded that Eribo should go and find out what constituency allowance of lawmakers is all about before making what he described as unguarded comments.

    Thisday Online 2010

  • In Rape of the Sabine Women, often the camera seems to capture the actors in unguarded moments and frequently the crew intrudes upon the film-set, crashing through the fantasy world Ms. Sussman so painstakingly creates.

    Spread ArtCulture: Interview: Eve Sussman - on the making of her film, Rape of the Sabine Women Spread ArtCulture 2010

  • In Rape of the Sabine Women, often the camera seems to capture the actors in unguarded moments and frequently the crew intrudes upon the film-set, crashing through the fantasy world Ms. Sussman so painstakingly creates.

    Spread ArtCulture: Interview: Eve Sussman - on the making of her film, Rape of the Sabine Women Spread ArtCulture 2010

  • “Let it be known that the southern border will henceforward be closed to the economic migration of foreign nationals, whilst the Northern border will remain unguarded, allowing potential terrorists easy access to the heartland of the United States.”

    Think Progress » ThinkFast: May 18, 2006 2006

  • Let it be known that the southern border will henceforward be closed to the economic migration of foreign nationals, whilst the Northern border will remain unguarded, allowing potential terrorists easy access to the heartland of the United States.

    Think Progress » ThinkFast: May 18, 2006 2006

  • Leaving keys in ignitions and leaving purses unguarded is not smart.

    Mexico living: five questions 1997

  • Leaving keys in ignitions and leaving purses unguarded is not smart.

    Mexico living: five questions 1997

  •  Felicia glanced up, her expression unguarded, unable to quench the fierce joy running through her veins.

    Falcon's Prey Jordan, Penny 1997

  • The Eltons and Pritts and Coughlins, each of them simply an enormous mouth bellowing the same lie over and over again, are obviously extreme cases, but we deceive ourselves if we do not realise that we can all resemble them in unguarded moments.

    Notes on Nationalism 1945

  • He is very lovable, and is evidently much beloved, and is able to go about in unguarded security.

    The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither Isabella Lucy 1883

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