protest
noun
an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid.
unprotested
-
a word derived from
protest.
Example Sentences
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Yet Hoover reigns unnoticed and unprotested, as if his attempts to destroy King did not matter.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 20, 2017
As in so many crises of the environment, plans for the $11.2 million dam went unprotested until nearly too late.
From Time Magazine Archive
And, for the first time, it was not an adversary’s face Laila saw but a face of grievances unspoken, burdens gone unprotested, a destiny submitted to and endured.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
It seemed to Ophie that the gift of the tortoiseshell comb—or rather, the unprotested theft—had changed Penelope slightly for the better.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
It was an idea, the idea of unprotested English authority in Ireland.
From The Invisible Censor by Hackett, Francis
