exposed
Americanadjective
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left or being without shelter or protection.
The house stood on a windy, exposed cliff.
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laid open to view; unconcealed.
an exposed king of spades.
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susceptible to attack; vulnerable.
adjective
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not concealed; displayed for viewing
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without shelter from the elements
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susceptible to attack or criticism; vulnerable
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mountaineering (of a climb, pitch, or move) performed on a high, sheer, and unsheltered rock face
Other Word Forms
- exposedness noun
- half-exposed adjective
- quasi-exposed adjective
- self-exposed adjective
- semiexposed adjective
- unexposed adjective
- well-exposed adjective
Etymology
Origin of exposed
Example Sentences
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Blue Owl is also heavily exposed to certain tenants in its data-center business, some of which look riskier today than when they signed leases.
He was a member of the WSJ team that won the 2023 Pulitzer for Investigative reporting for a series of stories that exposed government regulators' financial trades.
This left the nuclear program exposed, inviting attack.
Laboratory research has demonstrated that these compounds can form when icy dust grains containing methanol or blends of carbon dioxide and ammonia are exposed to ultraviolet light or gentle heating.
From Science Daily
When these sheet-like materials were exposed to very strong magnetic fields, the sideways voltage did not increase smoothly.
From Science Daily
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