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  • adjective Not protected
  • adjective organic chemistry Having no protecting group

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Examples

  • I think it is likely the Supreme Court will find that the use of "disparate impact" in enforcing the Fair Housing Act violates the rights of whites and other nonprotected groups.

    Disparate Impact, Loan Quotas and Mortgage Lending 2012

  • Factoring in various ring-fenced spending areas that Labour and the Conservatives have outlined, that means double-digit spending cuts for nonprotected government departments over the coming years.

    U.K. Parties Are Urged to Detail Spending Cuts 2010

  • “Computer, copy of present crew roster and nonprotected personnel files to hard medium reader.”

    Dark Mirror Diane Duane 1993

  • Since that time only Papua New Guineans have been able to export butterfly specimens (nonprotected species) for profit.

    3 History and Government Policy 1983

  • Judge Callahan rejected the looser standard, saying it was specifically rooted in the Supreme Court's "First Amendment obscenity jurisprudence, which relates to nonprotected sex-based expression - not violent content."

    NYT > Home Page By ADAM LIPTAK 2010

  • "The state, in essence, asks us to create a new category of nonprotected material based on its depiction of violence," Callahan wrote in the 30-page ruling.

    NBC3 - Local News 2010

  • "All children except one, including the three survivors of T-cell acute leukemia, could live normally in a nonprotected environment and cope with microorganisms without harmful consequences while growing normally," they concluded.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2010

  • "The state, in essence, asks us to create a new category of nonprotected material based on its depiction of violence," Callahan wrote in the 30-page ruling.

    NBC3 - Local News 2010

  • "The state, in essence, asks us to create a new category of nonprotected material based on its depiction of violence," Callahan wrote in the 30-page ruling.

    Yahoo! Video Games: Top Features 2010

  • "The state, in essence, asks us to create a new category of nonprotected material based on its depiction of violence," Callahan wrote in the 30-page ruling.

    Yahoo! Video Games: Top Features 2010

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