as in unprotected
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Recent Examples of unscreened
Use mosquito netting when sleeping outdoors or in an unscreened structure and to protect infants when outdoors.
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 23 July 2024
Out-of-control children were dosed with adult tranquilizers, administered through unsterilized needles, while many who fell ill received transfusions of unscreened blood.
—Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 21 Dec. 2020
The city of Pasadena has not been totally unscreened since the pandemic.
—Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2023
Earlier diagnosis drastically improves survival, but unfortunately unscreened cancers account for 80 to 90 percent of cancer deaths, says Harpal Kumar, president of the European wing of Grail, a health care company whose mission is to detect cancer earlier.
—WIRED, 30 Mar. 2023
See All Example Sentences for unscreened
Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 23 July 2024
Out-of-control children were dosed with adult tranquilizers, administered through unsterilized needles, while many who fell ill received transfusions of unscreened blood.
—Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 21 Dec. 2020
The city of Pasadena has not been totally unscreened since the pandemic.
—Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2023
Earlier diagnosis drastically improves survival, but unfortunately unscreened cancers account for 80 to 90 percent of cancer deaths, says Harpal Kumar, president of the European wing of Grail, a health care company whose mission is to detect cancer earlier.
—WIRED, 30 Mar. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unscreened
Adjective
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For now, critics say the public remains uninformed—and potentially unprotected.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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This is a standard precaution to prevent other hackers from exploiting the flaw, while some users are still unprotected.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
FOXNews.com,
1 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Too often, shooters use unsecured weapons to commit these atrocities.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
22 Apr. 2025
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The market had an unsecured fire extinguisher on the floor next to the front register.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Sheer rock walls loom on one side, while the other, which is completely unguarded, plunges to the narrow canyon below.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Apr. 2025
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In March, a 43-year-old visitor from California drowned while snorkeling on Kauai at unguarded Larsen’s Beach.—
Jen Murphy,
Outside Online,
2 Apr. 2025
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“Unscreened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unscreened. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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