Unguarded is an English word with synonyms like vulnerable or unwary. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Unguarded in a sentence
Unguarded meaning
- Having no guard or protection; vulnerable.
- Displaying a lack of caution or thought.
Synonyms of Unguarded
Using Unguarded
- The main meaning on this page is: Having no guard or protection; vulnerable. | Displaying a lack of caution or thought.
- Useful related words include: vulnerable, unwary.
- In the example corpus, unguarded often appears in combinations such as: the unguarded, an unguarded, unguarded net.
Context around Unguarded
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 5 middle, 12 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Unguarded
- In this selection, "unguarded" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, remain, frame, used, moments, net and guillotine stand out and add context to how "unguarded" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include into the unguarded net and 45th when unguarded adams took. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "unguarded" sits close to words such as abaco, abandons and abramovich, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with unguarded
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Andrei Shoka added: “The state border cannot remain unguarded. (9 words)
The two southern gates barricading the area are unguarded. (9 words)
He shoots 48 percent unguarded from the 3-point line and a career 39 percent 3-point shooter. (18 words)
For any students who may ask themselves, “When did it get so hard?” find solace in the fact that Charli xcx “thinks about this all the time” and wrote a song with Bon Iver that leaves all her vulnerability unguarded. (40 words)
The United States took the lead in the 45th when unguarded Adams took a pass from Wes McKennie and from blasted home a right-footed shot from 30 yards out giving no chance to diving Mexican goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa. (39 words)
Zirkzee – the Old Trafford hero of eight days ago – then bizarrely cost his side a second goal after fellow substitute Garnacho looked to have capitalised on slick interplay involving Diallo and Fernandes by tapping into an unguarded net. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
A Kilsyth metal fabrication company has been convicted and fined $25,000 after a worker had four fingers partially amputated while using an unguarded guillotine.
Andrei Shoka added: “The state border cannot remain unguarded.
He is a huge underdog and is widely accepted to have only one route to victory - landing his huge right hand on Fury's unguarded chin, something of an unlikely prospect.
He noted, however, that the coverage of the elections and post-election matters were “marred by unguarded statements, divisive and dangerous comments’’.
Known by aficionados to have been lofty, snobbish, intellectual and reactionary, Borges in unguarded moments turns out to have expressed feelings negating allegiances expressed elsewhere, including about Jews.
Meslier could only divert a cross from left back Antonee Robinson into Pereira's path and the midfielder lashed the ball into the unguarded net.
Mr Cleverly's unguarded remarks came just hours after his Home Office announced plans to crack down on spiking.
Using the Phantom high-speed on city streets was a photojournalist’s dream, Mr. Markowitz said, because it allowed him to frame unguarded moments with depth and detail.
When the shots multiplied and the commandos started taking over the Presidential Palace, Makarios, after protecting his young visitors first, escaped from the only unguarded passage in the western part of the Presidential Palace.
An Italian thief living in London spotted an opportunity and used unguarded scaffolding to break into King Charles's apartment.
But Everton sealed their victory deep in injury-time when Benjamin capitalised on a mistake from Misciur and tapped into an unguarded goal.
Chelsea were gifted back the lead in the 17th minute when an attempted pass from advanced Saints goalkeeper Joe Lumley to Walker-Peters was intercepted by Madueke, who slipped in Nkunku to slot into the unguarded net.
For any students who may ask themselves, “When did it get so hard?” find solace in the fact that Charli xcx “thinks about this all the time” and wrote a song with Bon Iver that leaves all her vulnerability unguarded.
He shoots 48 percent unguarded from the 3-point line and a career 39 percent 3-point shooter.
It’s fine to want sex, but to want something deeper—an intimate, unguarded emotional connection—betrays a terribly uncool weakness.
Teams have dared Thompson to fire away, going under on screens or leaving him unguarded on the perimeter.
There were unguarded moments within it that showed what soccer looks like when it is not presenting its best face to the camera.
The two southern gates barricading the area are unguarded.
The United States took the lead in the 45th when unguarded Adams took a pass from Wes McKennie and from blasted home a right-footed shot from 30 yards out giving no chance to diving Mexican goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa.
Zirkzee – the Old Trafford hero of eight days ago – then bizarrely cost his side a second goal after fellow substitute Garnacho looked to have capitalised on slick interplay involving Diallo and Fernandes by tapping into an unguarded net.
Common combinations with unguarded
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: