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unarmed

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˌʌnˈɑɹmd/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English armed English unarmed From un- + armed.

  1. Defenceless and lacking weapons.
  2. Defenceless and lacking weapons.
  3. Not having thorns, claws, or other dangerous appendages.

    An unarmed jellyfish would never capture prey.

  4. Unaided, as of the vision without a glass.

    […] 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.