What does unarmed mean?

Definitions for unarmed
ʌnˈɑrmdun·armed

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. unarmedadjective

    (used of persons or the military) not having or using arms

    "went alone and unarmed"; "unarmed peasants were shot down"; "unarmed vehicles"

  2. unarmedadjective

    (used of plants or animals) lacking barbs or stings or thorns

Wiktionary

  1. unarmedadjective

    defenceless and lacking weapons or armour

  2. unarmedadjective

    not carrying arms

  3. unarmedadjective

    not having thorns or claws etc.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Unarmedadjective

    Having no armour; having no weapons.

    Etymology: from unarm.

    On the western coast
    Rideth a puissant navy: To our shores
    Throng many doubtful, hollow-hearted friends,
    Unarm’d, and unresolv’d to beat them back. William Shakespeare.

    He all unarm’d
    Shall chase thee with the terror of his voice
    From thy demoniack holds, possession foul;
    Thee and thy legions, yelling they shall fly,
    And beg to hide them in a herd of swine. John Milton.

    Though unarm’d I am,
    Here, without my sword or pointed lance,
    Hope not, base man, unquestion’d hence to go. Dryden.

    Whereas most other creatures are furnished with weapons for their defence; man is born altogether unarmed. Nehemiah Grew.

ChatGPT

  1. unarmed

    Unarmed refers to being without any weapon or lacking any means of protection or defense. It can also apply to a situation where one does not have the necessary equipment, resources or tools.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Unarmedadjective

    not armed or armored; having no arms or weapons

  2. Unarmedadjective

    having no hard and sharp projections, as spines, prickles, spurs, claws, etc

Entomology

  1. Unarmed

    without spurs, spines or armature of any kind.

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Anagrams for unarmed »

  1. manured

  2. maunder

  3. undream

  4. duramen

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of unarmed in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of unarmed in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of unarmed in a Sentence

  1. Kevin Stephens:

    Because the UAV was unarmed and posed no risk to the carrier's flight operations (since it wasn't flying at the time), we determined that ... the Iranian UAV's actions posed no danger to the ship, it was however, abnormal and unprofessional.

  2. John Paul Wilson:

    Participants also believed that the black men were more capable of causing harm in a hypothetical altercation and, troublingly, that police would be more justified in using force to subdue them, even if the men were unarmed.

  3. Lauren Meister:

    I am all for increasing foot patrols, however, unarmed security ambassadors can only supplement, not replace, sworn police officers, most of the residents and businesses I have heard from are opposed to cutting the sheriff’s budget.

  4. Police Chief Mike Koval:

    Tony Robinson was unarmed. That's going to make this all the more complicated for the investigators, for the public to accept.

  5. Michelle Bachelet:

    People have been shot and killed, others have reportedly received wounds from which they will never completely recover, including losing eyes, these are disgraceful scenes. The Venezuelan government must stop The Venezuelan government forces from using excessive force against unarmed protesters and ordinary citizens.

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