Not carrying weapons or having no weapons available, making someone vulnerable or defenseless.
From prefix 'un-' (not) plus 'armed' (carrying weapons, or equipped). The word combines Old English and Latin roots through 'armed,' which comes from Latin 'arma' meaning weapons.
Historically, 'unarmed combat' was considered dishonorable because armed knights considered themselves superior—but martial arts traditions proved that unarmed training could create warriors just as deadly, completely overturning the assumption that weapons defined a fighter's worth.
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