1 not protected or watched:
The museum was unguarded at night. * an unguarded fire (= that has nothing to stop people from burning themselves on it)
2 (of a remark, look, etc.) said or done carelessly, at a time when you are not thinking about the effects of your words or are not paying attention:
an unguarded response / remark * It was something I'd let out in an unguarded moment.
compareGUARDED
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is unguarded a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, unguarded is tagged as adjective.
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