defenseless
1. lacking protection or support - a defenseless child • Syn: defenceless • Similar to: vulnerable • Derivationally related forms: defencelessness (for: defenceless), defenselessness 2. having no protecting or concealing cover - "naked to mine enemies"- Shakespeare • Syn: naked • Similar to: unprotected • Derivationally related forms: defenselessness, nakedness (for: naked) 3. lacking weapons for self-defense • Syn: defenceless • Similar to: unarmed • Derivationally related forms: defencelessness (for: defenceless), defenselessness
without defense - the child was standing in the middle of the crossfire, defenselessly • Syn: defenceless, defenselessly, defencelessly • Derived from adjective: defenceless (for: defenceless)
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