defenseless

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I - adjective

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

II - adverb

without defense
- the child was standing in the middle of the crossfire, defenselessly
• Syn:
defenceless, defenselessly, defencelessly
• Derived from adjective:
defenceless (for: defenceless)