unsheltered
unsheltered adjective: without shelter; exposed.
Adjective
unsheltered (comparative more unsheltered, superlative most unsheltered)
- Without shelter; exposed.
- This platform was used by the owning company's trains, but those of the District, and later of the Piccadilly Line, were relegated to the other platform, virtually devoid of covering, and accessible only by an unsheltered path passing behind the buffer stops.1952 March, R. K. Kirkland, “The Railways of Uxbridge”, in Railway Magazine, page 150
- Without being sheltered against.
- The rain came down upon my head
Unshelter’d—and the heavy wind
Was giantlike—so thou, my mind!— […]1829, Edgar Allan Poe, “Tamerlane”, in Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems
- The rain came down upon my head
Forms of unsheltered
| comparative | more unsheltered |
|---|---|
| superlative | most unsheltered |
Origin of unsheltered
From un- + sheltered.
Words formed from unsheltered
Questions about unsheltered
- What does unsheltered mean?
- Unsheltered means without shelter; exposed.
- What part of speech is unsheltered?
- Unsheltered is an adjective.
Words near unsheltered in the dictionary
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