Standard Lemma guide

unarmed

adj · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • US: /ˌʌnˈɑɹmd/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)md
  • CMU ARPABET: AH0 N AA1 R M D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Defenceless and lacking weapons.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Defenceless and lacking weapons.

Lacking both weapons and protective armour.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Not having thorns, claws, or other dangerous appendages.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: biology, natural-sciences

Examples

  • An unarmed jellyfish would never capture prey.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Unaided, as of the vision without a glass.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective

Meaning 5

(used of persons or the military) not having or using arms

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • went alone and unarmed
  • unarmed peasants were shot down
  • unarmed vehicles

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: armed

6

adjective

Meaning 6

(used of plants or animals) lacking barbs or stings or thorns

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: armed

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English armed English unarmed From un- + armed.

Across languages

Translations

79 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: أَعْزَل (ʔaʕzal) — lacking weapons
  • Azerbaijani: əliyalın — lacking weapons
  • Belarusian: няўзбро́ены (njawzbrójeny) — lacking weapons
  • Belarusian: бяззбро́йны (bjazzbrójny) — lacking weapons
  • Bulgarian: невъоръже́н (nevǎorǎžén) — lacking weapons
  • Catalan: desarmat — lacking weapons
  • Czech: neozbrojený — lacking weapons
  • Danish: ubevæpnet — lacking weapons
  • Dutch: ongewapend — lacking weapons
  • Finnish: aseeton — lacking weapons
  • Finnish: aseistamaton — lacking weapons
  • French: sans armes — lacking weapons
  • French: non armé — lacking weapons
  • German: unbewaffnet — lacking weapons
  • Ancient Greek: ἄοπλος (áoplos) — lacking weapons
  • Hindi: निहत्था (nihatthā) — lacking weapons
  • Hindi: शस्त्रहीन (śastrahīn) — lacking weapons
  • Hungarian: fegyvertelen — lacking weapons
  • Italian: indifeso — lacking weapons
  • Italian: inerme — lacking weapons
  • Latin: inermis — lacking weapons
  • Lithuanian: beginklis — lacking weapons
  • Macedonian: невооружен (nevooružen) — lacking weapons
  • Macedonian: ненаоружан (nenaoružan) — lacking weapons
  • Manx: gyn arm — lacking weapons
  • Manx: neuarmit — lacking weapons
  • Manx: neueillit — lacking weapons
  • Māori: ringakore — lacking weapons
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ubevæpnet — lacking weapons
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ubevæpna — lacking weapons
  • Old English: unġewǣpnod — lacking weapons
  • Old English: wǣpnlēas — lacking weapons
  • Polish: nieuzbrojony — lacking weapons
  • Polish: bezorężny — lacking weapons
  • Portuguese: desarmado — lacking weapons
  • Russian: невооружённый (nevooružónnyj) — lacking weapons
  • Russian: безору́жный (bezorúžnyj) — lacking weapons
  • Serbo-Croatian: не̏наоружа̄н — lacking weapons
  • Serbo-Croatian: nȅnaoružān — lacking weapons
  • Slovak: neozbrojený — lacking weapons
  • Slovene: neoborožen — lacking weapons
  • Swedish: obeväpnad — lacking weapons
  • Ukrainian: неозбро́єний (neozbrójenyj) — lacking weapons
  • Ukrainian: беззбро́йний (bezzbrójnyj) — lacking weapons
  • Urdu: نِہَتّا (nihattā) — lacking weapons
  • Urdu: نِہَتّی (nihattī) — lacking weapons
  • Welsh: anarfog — lacking weapons
  • Welsh: di-arf — lacking weapons
  • Welsh: diarfau — lacking weapons
  • Azerbaijani: silahsız — not carrying arms
  • Belarusian: бяззбро́йны (bjazzbrójny) — not carrying arms
  • Belarusian: няўзбро́ены (njawzbrójeny) — not carrying arms
  • Catalan: desarmat — not carrying arms
  • Czech: neozbrojený — not carrying arms
  • Dutch: vapenlös — not carrying arms
  • Finnish: aseeton — not carrying arms
  • Finnish: aseistamaton — not carrying arms
  • German: unbewaffnet — not carrying arms
  • German: waffenlos — not carrying arms
  • Ancient Greek: ἄοπλος (áoplos) — not carrying arms
  • Hindi: निहत्था (nihatthā) — not carrying arms
  • Hindi: शस्त्रहीन (śastrahīn) — not carrying arms
  • Hungarian: fegyvertelen — not carrying arms
  • Italian: disarmato — not carrying arms
  • Māori: ringakore — not carrying arms
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ubevæpnet — not carrying arms
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ubevæpna — not carrying arms
  • Old English: unġewǣpnod — not carrying arms
  • Polish: nieuzbrojony — not carrying arms
  • Portuguese: desarmado — not carrying arms
  • Russian: безору́жный (bezorúžnyj) — not carrying arms
  • Russian: невооружённый (nevooružónnyj) — not carrying arms
  • Swedish: oväpnad — not carrying arms
  • Ukrainian: беззбро́йний (bezzbrójnyj) — not carrying arms
  • Ukrainian: неозбро́єний (neozbrójenyj) — not carrying arms
  • Finnish: aseeton — not having thorns or claws
  • Hungarian: agyartalan — not having thorns or claws
  • Hungarian: tövistelen — not having thorns or claws
  • Hungarian: tüskétlen — not having thorns or claws
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