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unguarded
OXFORD DICTIONARY
unguarded, adj.
1 incautious, thoughtless (an unguarded remark).
2 not guarded; without a guard.
1 incautious, thoughtless (an unguarded remark).
2 not guarded; without a guard.
Derivative
unguardedly adv. unguardedness n.
THESAURUS
unguarded
arbitrary, artless, asleep, bare-handed, bluff, blunt, born yesterday, broad, brusque, candid, capricious, careless, childlike, confiding, culpably negligent, defenseless, derelict, direct, downright, explicit, exposed, forthright, frank, frankhearted, free, free-speaking, free-spoken, free-tongued, genuine, goofing off, guardless, guileless, hasty, heart-to-heart, heedless, helpless, imprudent, inadvertent, inattentive, incautious, inconsiderate, indiscreet, ingenu, ingenuous, innocent, inobservant, involuntary, laissez-faire, lax, loose, naive, napping, neglectful, neglecting, negligent, nodding, noninterfering, nonrestrictive, off-guard, open, openhearted, outspoken, overly permissive, permissive, plain, plain-spoken, procrastinating, reasonless, relaxed, remiss, round, scamping, simple, simplehearted, simpleminded, sincere, single-hearted, single-minded, skimping, slack, sleeping, slighting, slurring, straight, straight-out, straightforward, thoughtless, transparent, trustful, trusting, unalert, unarmed, unarmored, unattended, uncalculating, uncautious, unchecked, uncircumspect, unconscious, unconstrained, uncovered, undefended, undesigned, unequivocal, unfortified, ungarrisoned, unguided, unintended, unintentional, unmeant, unmeditated, unplanned, unpremeditated, unprepared, unprompted, unprotected, unpurposed, unready, unreasoning, unreflecting, unreserved, unrestrained, unrigorous, unscreened, unsheltered, unshielded, unsophisticated, unsuspecting, unsuspicious, unthinking, unthought-of, unthoughtful, unvigilant, unwarned, unwary, unwatched, unwatchful, unwise, unwitting, vulnerable, weaponlessROGET THESAURUS
unguarded
Impulse
N impulse, sudden thought, impromptu, improvisation, inspiration, flash, spurt, improvisatore, creature of impulse, extemporaneous, impulsive, indeliberate, snap, improvised, improvisate, improvisatory, unpremeditated, unmeditated, improvise, unprompted, unguided, natural, unguarded, spontaneous, instinctive, extempore, extemporaneously, offhand, impromptu, a limproviste, improviso, on the spur of the moment, on the spur of the occasion, impulse, impulsion, impetus, momentum, push, pulsion, thrust, shove, jog, jolt, brunt, booming, boost, throw, explosion, propulsion, percussion, concussion, collision, occursion, clash, encounter, cannon, carambole, appulse, shock, crash, bump, impact, elan, charge, beating, blow, dint, stroke, knock, tap, rap, slap, smack, pat, dab, fillip, slam, bang, hit, whack, thwack, cuff, squash, dowse, swap, whap, punch, thump, pelt, kick, punce, calcitration, ruade, arietation, cut, thrust, lunge, yerk, carom, carrom, clip, jab, plug, sidewinder, sidewipe, sideswipe, hammer, sledge hammer, mall, maul, mallet, flail, ram, rammer, battering ram, monkey, pile-driving engine, punch, bat, cant hook, cudgel, ax, dynamics, seismometer, accelerometer, earthquake detector, impelling, impulsive, impellent, booming, dynamic, dynamical, impelled, a hit, a very palpable hit.Nonpreparation
N nonpreparation, non-preparation, absence of preparation, want of preparation, inculture, inconcoction, improvidence, immaturity, crudity, rawness, abortion, disqualification, nature, state of nature, virgin soil, unweeded garden, neglect, rough copy, germ, raw material, improvisation, unprepared (prepare), without preparation, incomplete, rudimental, embryonic, abortive, immature, unripe, kachcha, raw, green, crude, coarse, rough cast, rough hewn, in the rough, unhewn, unformed, unfashioned, unwrought, unlabored, unblown, uncooked, unboiled, unconcocted, unpolished, unhatched, unfledged, unnurtured, unlicked, untaught, uneducated, uncultivated, untrained, untutored, undrilled, unexercised, deckle- edged, precocious, premature, undigested, indigested, unmellowed, unseasoned, unleavened, unrehearsed, unscripted, extemporaneous, improvised, spontaneous, ad lib, ad libitem, fallow, unsown, untilled, natural, in a state of nature, undressed, in dishabille, en deshabille, unqualified, disqualified, unfitted, ill-digested, unbegun, unready, unarranged, unorganized, unfurnished, unprovided, unequipped, untrimmed, out of gear, out of order, dismantled, shiftless, improvident, unthrifty, thriftless, thoughtless, unguarded, happy-go- lucky, caught napping, unpremeditated, extempore.Neglect
N neglect, carelessness, trifling, negligence, omission, oversight, laches, default, supineness, inattention, nonchalance, imprudence, recklessness, slovenliness improvidence, noncompletion, inexactness, paralipsis, paralepsis, paraleipsis (in rhetoric), trifler, waiter on Providence, Micawber, neglecting, unmindful, negligent, neglectful, heedless, careless, thoughtless, perfunctory, remiss, feebleness, inconsiderate, uncircumspect, incircumspect, off one's guard, unwary, unwatchful, unguarded, offhand, supine, inattentive, insouciant, imprudent, reckless, slovenly inexact, improvident, neglected, unheeded, uncared-for, unperceived, unseen, unobserved, unnoticed, unnoted, unmarked, unattended to, unthought of, unregarded, unremarked, unmissed, shunted, shelved, unexamined, unstudied, unsearched, unscanned, unweighed, unsifted, unexplored, abandoned, buried in a napkin, hid under a bushel, negligently, hand over head, anyhow, in an unguarded moment, per incuriam, Int, never mind, no matter, let it pass, out of sight, out of mind.For further exploring for "unguarded" in Webster Dictionary Online