unarmed

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unarmed

  • /ˌʌnˈɑɹmd/ US

Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)md

adjective

  1. not comparable Defenceless and lacking weapons.
  2. not comparable Lacking both weapons and protective armour.
  3. not comparable Not having thorns, claws, or other dangerous appendages. An unarmed jellyfish would never capture prey.
  4. not comparable, obsolete 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.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: defenseless, defenceless, barehanded, weaponless, thornless, clean, helpless, powerless, armless, innocent, unset, nonmilitary, spineless, isolated, removal, demilitarized

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adj lacking weapons

हिन्दीनिहत्था nihatthā, शस्त्रहीन śastrahīn
Portuguêsdesarmado
Françaissans armes, non armé
Deutschunbewaffnet
Italianoindifeso, inerme
Русскийневооружённый nevooružónnyj, безору́жный bezorúžnyj
العربيةأَعْزَل ʔaʕzal

adj not carrying arms

हिन्दीनिहत्था nihatthā, शस्त्रहीन śastrahīn
Portuguêsdesarmado
Deutschunbewaffnet, waffenlos
Italianodisarmato
Русскийбезору́жный bezorúžnyj, невооружённый nevooružónnyj

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@misc{unarmed_2026,
  title = {unarmed},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unarmed},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}