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/dɪfˈɛnsləs/ Listen

adjective

Defenseless adj.

Destitute of defense; unprepared to resist attack; unable to oppose; unprotected. (Also spelled defenceless)

Unarmed; used of persons or the military. Antonym: armed.

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Etymology of 'Defenseless'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Defenseless" Quotes from Famous Books

... head-quarters not long before and always has been a natural base for the defense of the Dardanelles, the attack was doubtless justified by the rules of war. It happens, however, that people who live in defenseless, bombarded towns are never interested in the rules of war. So a new and particularly disturbing rumor went flying through the crowded streets ...

— Antwerp to Gallipoli - A Year of the War on Many Fronts--and Behind Them • Arthur Ruhl

... that I was drifting into the safe harbor of the realms of truth. I felt as if everybody must believe him, for he clung to the truth, and I wondered how Mr. Hutchinson could so lie about a poor defenseless girl like me. ...

— From the Darkness Cometh the Light, or Struggles for Freedom • Lucy A. Delaney

... discovered that no great enterprise which would better their condition would be possible without cooeperation; and, fourth, they began to band themselves together here and there, not only for their own protection, for their own gain, but to watch over the weak, to succor the defenseless, and even to ...

— Children's Rights and Others • Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin

... instantly determined that Julian of Ephesus should not come up with this defenseless ...

— The City of Delight - A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerusalem • Elizabeth Miller

... time not the sign of a woman or a child had been seen. But when order was finally restored and the defenseless warriors were herded together as compactly as possible, the huts surrounding the main buildings were opened, as by magic, and the women poured forth wailing ...

— The Wonder Island Boys: Conquest of the Savages • Roger Thompson Finlay

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