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- adjective Not
helmeted ; not wearing ahelmet .
Etymologies
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Examples
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An average of over 118 deaths per day just from auto/motorcycle wrecks. 55% of those unbelted or unhelmeted is a national disgrace.
Sound Politics: Driver In Alki DUI Deaths Extolled Drinking And Driving, Online 2006
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Of course there were messages that we received from both of these shows that are truly hard to comprehend today as an adult, but luckily our unhelmeted heads back in those days didn't question -- we just enjoyed.
Kathy Buckworth: The Brady Bunch Was My Reality TV Kathy Buckworth 2011
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Some 75% involved an unbelted rider; 84% an unhelmeted rider; 52% high speeds and sharp turns; and 29% drugs or alcohol.
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According to 2005 data, medical and other costs for unhelmeted riders involved in crashes averaged $310,000 per cyclist compared with $71,000 for cyclists wearing helmets, federal regulators say.
A Push for Motorbike Helmets Melanie Trottman 2010
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A 1992 study in the Journal of Trauma compared helmeted and unhelmeted motorcycle accident victims.
Richard C. Senelick, M.D.: Head Injuries: Why Motorcycle and Bicycle Helmets Should Be Mandatory M.D. Richard C. Senelick 2010
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The cost of medical care for the unhelmeted was more than four times greater than those with a helmet and 44 percent of the medical care was paid out of public funds.
Richard C. Senelick, M.D.: Head Injuries: Why Motorcycle and Bicycle Helmets Should Be Mandatory M.D. Richard C. Senelick 2010
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It would be the abnormal, like an unhelmeted head, that would draw comment and attention and questions.
They didn’t read Pitchfork or Stereogum or Gorilla vs. Bear or Hipster Runoff Josh Spilker 2010
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Not so LaGarrette Blount, the University of Oregon running back who viciously cold-cock punched an unhelmeted opposing player after his team's upset loss to Boise State.
Michael Kimmel: Meet the Lamberts: Elizabeth and Adam Expose Sexism and Homophobia 2009
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Far more unhelmeted people die from bicycle accidents than skiing, yet very few recreational riders wear them.
Richardson’s Accident Reignites Ski Helmet Debate - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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His head was unhelmeted, but he wore the rest of his ponderous and bright armour, which indeed he rarely laid aside.
Quentin Durward 2008
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