unsecured

🇺🇸 /ˌʌnsɪˈkjʊrd/ 🇬🇧 /ˌʌnsɪˈkjʊəd/
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adjective
R

A debt or loan that doesn't have something valuable promised as payment if the borrower can't pay back.

I took out an unsecured personal loan of £15,000, which means I didn't have to give any property as a guarantee.

R

A loan given without something valuable promised as payment if the borrower can't pay back.

Unsecured creditors are those who lend money without getting a guarantee.

R

Not locked, guarded, or protected.

The unsecured windows made it easy for the thief to break in.

translation

adj. A debt or loan that doesn't have something valuable promised as payment if the borrower can't pay back.; A loan given without something valuable promised as payment if the borrower can't pay back.; Not locked, guarded, or protected.