Dictionary

unarmed en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌʌnˈɑɹmd/ (US)

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.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Defenceless and lacking weapons.
2. (not-comparable) Defenceless and lacking weapons. ▸ 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. 1759, William Porterfield, A treatise on the eye, the manner and phaenomena of vision:

Deriveds

unarmedness

Relateds

armless

Translations (79)

cs neozbrojený (lacking weapons) · sl neoborožen (lacking weapons) · la inermis (lacking weapons) · hi निहत्था (not carrying arms) · mk ненаоружан (lacking weapons) · pl nieuzbrojony (lacking weapons) · fr sans armes (lacking weapons) · lt beginklis (lacking weapons) · be няўзбро́ены (not carrying arms) · pt desarmado (lacking weapons) · fi aseistamaton (not carrying arms) · hu tüskétlen (not having thorns or claws) · ar أَعْزَل (lacking weapons) · sh nȅnaoružān (lacking weapons) · sv oväpnad (not carrying arms) · ru невооружённый (not carrying arms) · de unbewaffnet (not carrying arms) · ur نِہَتّا (lacking weapons) · hi शस्त्रहीन (not carrying arms) · be няўзбро́ены (lacking weapons) · cy anarfog (lacking weapons) · hu fegyvertelen (lacking weapons) · gv neuarmit (lacking weapons) · it indifeso (lacking weapons) · grc ἄοπλος (lacking weapons) · fi aseistamaton (lacking weapons) · bg невъоръже́н (lacking weapons) · be бяззбро́йны (not carrying arms) · hu tövistelen (not having thorns or claws) · de unbewaffnet (lacking weapons) · nl ongewapend (lacking weapons) · grc ἄοπλος (not carrying arms) · fr non armé (lacking weapons) · de waffenlos (not carrying arms) · pt desarmado (not carrying arms) · uk беззбро́йний (lacking weapons) · uk неозбро́єний (not carrying arms) · ru безору́жный (not carrying arms) · ca desarmat (not carrying arms) · uk беззбро́йний (not carrying arms) · fi aseeton (not carrying arms) · ru безору́жный (lacking weapons) · ur نِہَتّی (lacking weapons) · az silahsız (not carrying arms) · nb ubevæpna (not carrying arms) · mk невооружен (lacking weapons) · uk неозбро́єний (lacking weapons) · ang wǣpnlēas (lacking weapons) · ang unġewǣpnod (not carrying arms) · pl nieuzbrojony (not carrying arms) · hi निहत्था (lacking weapons) · cy diarfau (lacking weapons) · be бяззбро́йны (lacking weapons) · hu agyartalan (not having thorns or claws) · az əliyalın (lacking weapons) · cy di-arf (lacking weapons) · nb ubevæpnet (lacking weapons) · it disarmato (not carrying arms) · sh не̏наоружа̄н (lacking weapons) · gv gyn arm (lacking weapons) · fi aseeton (lacking weapons) · hu fegyvertelen (not carrying arms) · fi aseeton (not having thorns or claws) · mi ringakore (lacking weapons) · da ubevæpnet (lacking weapons) · sk neozbrojený (lacking weapons) · ca desarmat (lacking weapons) · mi ringakore (not carrying arms) · nb ubevæpnet (not carrying arms) · nl vapenlös (not carrying arms) · it inerme (lacking weapons) · hi शस्त्रहीन (lacking weapons) · nb ubevæpna (lacking weapons) · cs neozbrojený (not carrying arms) · ang unġewǣpnod (lacking weapons) · sv obeväpnad (lacking weapons) · gv neueillit (lacking weapons) · pl bezorężny (lacking weapons) · ru невооружённый (lacking weapons)