How to Use unprotected in a Sentence

unprotected

adjective
  • They're planning to build roads over thousands of acres of unprotected land.
  • If your computer is unprotected, you're likely to get a virus.
  • For too long, this house was unprotected.
    — Carrie McCrossen, New Yorker, 16 June 2026
  • In the meantime, as long as many of us are unprotected, none of us is safe.
    — Susan Goldberg, National Geographic, 9 Dec. 2021
  • The garden is just a few blocks away from the street with the unprotected bike lane.
    — Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 18 July 2024
  • And the arms and head of those wearing the aprons goes unprotected.
    — William Thornton | [email protected], al, 3 Nov. 2019
  • Water will cause any unprotected steel or iron to rust.
    — Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 11 Apr. 2026
  • The flip side, of course, is that the defence goes unprotected.
    — Michael Cox, New York Times, 4 May 2026
  • On an unprotected network, all of it is fair game.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 20 June 2026
  • Why are many stores still unprotected?
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Trucks fifty miles away are unprotected.
    — David Hambling, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
  • What does this mean for the Pride players left unprotected for the draft?
    — Mike Gramajo, orlandosentinel.com, 10 Dec. 2021
  • If your cat or dog is outdoors and unprotected, fleas hitch a ride and come indoors with them.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2025
  • If your cat or dog is outdoors and unprotected, fleas hitch a ride and come indoors with them.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2026
  • If your cat or dog is outdoors and unprotected, fleas hitch a ride and come indoors with them.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 23 June 2026
  • The unprotected class has been in revolt now against the elite ruling class.
    — Fox News, 20 Mar. 2018
  • But sometimes they’re left unprotected to see just who might come along to snack on the carcass.
    — Karin Brulliard, idahostatesman, 9 May 2017
  • Each team can choose up to five players, and can only take one from any team’s unprotected list.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 19 Nov. 2019
  • With the stakes so high, no one dared leave some parts of the Great Lakes unprotected.
    — Andrew Montequin, jsonline.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • No, pick swaps aren't as valuable as unprotected firsts, but that does give the Bucks some hope.
    — Ricardo Sandoval, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
  • One unprotected nurse can start a new chain of transmission.
    — Tom Frieden, STAT, 6 June 2026
  • Would her unprotected feet leave a faint trail of blood across the dining-room floor for the cat to lap up with its clean, pink tongue?
    — Christopher Benfey, The New York Review of Books, 26 Aug. 2020
  • No little boy or girl should feel unsafe or unprotected while changing in school.
    — Georgea Kovanis, Freep.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • And when Archie went to call for help, Eric left the unit unprotected.
    — Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 16 Sep. 2021
  • Thick smoke can block out the sun and wreak havoc on anyone outdoors with unprotected eyes, noses and throats.
    — Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 3 June 2025
  • That has left people in the area feeling unprotected.
    — Lauren Frayer, NPR, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Even one unprotected device can put your whole digital life at risk.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Note the keyword is word unprotected.
    — Allison Palmer updated June 13, Miami Herald, 13 June 2026
  • Note the keyword is word unprotected.
    — Allison Palmer june 12, Miami Herald, 12 June 2026
  • Adding insult to injury was the fact that the adults meant to mentor him left him unprotected and twisting in the wind.
    — Angela Helm, The Root, 4 July 2018

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