unshielded

1. 1.

   (used especially of machinery) not protected by a shield

   Similarunprotected

Questions about unshielded

What does unshielded mean?

unshielded means "(used especially of machinery) not protected by a shield".

How many syllables are in unshielded?

unshielded has 3 syllables and divides as un-shiel-ded under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is unshielded a common word?

unshielded is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.