Adjective: out on a limb
- Lacking protection or defence
"The exposed soldier felt out on a limb in enemy territory";
- unprotected
- Being or feeling set or kept apart from others
"she felt out on a limb from the group";
- detached, isolated, separated
- Remote and separate physically or socially
"existed over the centuries as a world out on a limb";
- apart, isolated, obscure
See also: defenceless [Brit, Cdn], defenseless [US], exposed, insecure, naked, open, separate, susceptible, unconnected, unsafe, unshielded, vulnerable
Encyclopedia: Out on a limb