Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (2)
1.
(used of persons or the military) not having or using arms;
- Example: "went alone and unarmed"- Example: "unarmed peasants were shot down"- Example: "unarmed vehicles"2.
(used of plants or animals) lacking barbs or stings or thorns;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Unarmed \Unarmed\
See armed.
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Unarmed \Un*armed"\, a. [Pref. un- not + armed.]
1. Not armed or armored; having no arms or weapons.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Nat. Hist.) Having no hard and sharp projections, as
spines, prickles, spurs, claws, etc.
[1913 Webster]
3. Not in a state in which it may be detonated; unable to be
detonated; -- used of nuclear and certain other explosive
devices, which, as a safety precaution, are stored and
transported in a state in which normal triggering
mechanisms will not function to cause the device to
detonate. The weapon must first be armed by a separate
action, and only subsequent to such arming will the weapon
be able to detonate.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
unarmed
adj 1: (used of persons or the military) not having or using
arms; "went alone and unarmed"; "unarmed peasants were
shot down"; "unarmed vehicles" [ant: armed]
2: (used of plants or animals) lacking barbs or stings or thorns
[ant: armed]