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underprotected

underprotected is the simple past and past participle of underprotect.

Meaning of underprotect

Verb

underprotect (third-person singular simple present underprotects, present participle underprotecting, simple past and past participle underprotected)

  1. (transitive) To give insufficient protection to.
    Synonyms:
    underdefend

Adjective

underprotected (not comparable)

  1. Insufficiently protected.

Origin of underprotected

From underprotect + -ed.

From under- + protected.

Questions about underprotected

What does underprotected mean?
Underprotected means insufficiently protected.
What is underprotected the simple past and past participle of?
Underprotected is the simple past and past participle of underprotect.
What part of speech is underprotected?
Underprotected is an adjective.

Words near underprotected in the dictionary

  1. underproppers
  2. underpropping
  3. underprops
  4. underprosecuted
  5. underprotect
  6. underprotected
  7. underprotecting
  8. underprotection
  9. underprotective
  10. underprotectiveness
  11. underprotects

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Adapted from Wiktionary: underprotected (page history and authors); underprotect (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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