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Definition of 'defenseless'

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defenseless

(dɪfɛnslɪs )
regional note:   in BRIT, use defenceless
adjective
If someone or something is defenseless, they are weak and unable to defend themselves properly.
...a savage attack on a defenseless young girl.
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Word Frequency

defenseless in American

(diˈfɛnslɪs ; dēfensˈlis; dɪˈfɛnslɪs ; difensˈlis; ˈdifɛnslɪs ; dēˈfenslis)
adjective
lacking defense; unable to defend oneself; open to attack; helpless; unprotected
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Derived forms
defenselessly (deˈfenselessly)
  adverb
defenselessness (deˈfenselessness)
  noun

Example sentences containing 'defenseless'

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"If I never touched the defenseless, then I would touch nothing," Steep said. Clive Barker SACRAMENT (2001)That should have made him afraid of them, because it left him defenseless. Clive Barker SACRAMENT (2001)

Trends of 'defenseless'

Used Occasionally. defenseless is one of the 30000 most commonly used words in the Collins dictionary

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Nearby words of 'defenseless'

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