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protectionless

protectionless adjective: without protection.

Adjective

protectionless (not comparable)

  1. Without protection.
    • All guardless, innocent, protectionless, As you were then, how could I be but thus, If I would not betray my charge, my trust?1881, Mary Cowden Clarke, Honey from the Weed: Verses, page 103

Synonyms of protectionless

Origin of protectionless

From protection + -less. Attested since the 19th century.

Questions about protectionless

What does protectionless mean?
Protectionless means without protection.
What part of speech is protectionless?
Protectionless is an adjective.

Words near protectionless in the dictionary

  1. protectionism
  2. protectionisms
  3. protectionist
  4. protectionistic
  5. protectionists
  6. protectionless
  7. protections
  8. protective
  9. protective briefs
  10. protective custody
  11. protective letter

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