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n. - The property of being helpless in the face of attack.

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  • They could laugh all they liked at his unprotectedness: he knew appreciation when he heard it.
  • But the incident alarmed her, and caused her to realize yet more vividly than before the exceeding unprotectedness of her situation.
  • "Sir Willoughby," Miss Dale said to her, "is always in alarm about our unprotectedness."
  • A little incident, pointing in no direction, had left a shadow of a cloud, consequent upon Lady Arpington's mention of Henrietta's unprotectedness.
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