(a.) Without a guard or defense; unguarded.

bare-ankled bare-armed bare-backed bare-breasted bare-chested bare-headed bare-legged bare-necked beggarly defenseless empty-handed famished guardless half-starved helpless ill off ill-equipped ill-furnished ill-provided impoverished on short commons pauperized poor shorthanded starved starveling starving topless unarmed unarmored unattended uncovered undefended underfed undermanned undernourished unfed unfortified ungarrisoned unguarded unprotected unprovided unreplenished unscreened unsheltered unshielded unsupplied unsuspecting unwarned unwatched weaponless