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unguarded

adjective C2
  1. Having no guard or protection; vulnerable. · The unguarded gatehouse was soon taken by the invading army.
  2. Displaying a lack of caution or thought. · I let out her secret in an unguarded moment.
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I have a warm unguarded temper, and I may perhaps have sometimes spoken my opinion _of_ him, and _to_ him, too freely.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 90 · B2
Bennet, with more perseverance than politeness, protested he must be entirely mistaken; and Lydia, always unguarded and often uncivil, boisterously exclaimed,--
Pride and Prejudice, p. 147 · B2
The vicious propensities, the want of principle, which he was careful to guard from the knowledge of his best friend, could not escape the observation of a young man of nearly the same age with himself, and who had opportunities of seeing him in unguarded moments, which Mr.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 232 · B2
“If you were aware,” said Elizabeth, “of the very great disadvantage to us all, which must arise from the public notice of Lydia’s unguarded and imprudent manner, nay, which has already arisen from it, I am sure you would judge differently in the affair.”
Pride and Prejudice, p. 260 · B2

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