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English Dictionary: defenseless by the DICT Development Group
2 results for defenseless
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
defenseless
adv
  1. without defense; "the child was standing in the middle of the crossfire, defenselessly"
    Synonym(s): defenseless, defenceless, defenselessly, defencelessly
adj
  1. lacking protection or support; "a defenseless child"
    Synonym(s): defenseless, defenceless
  2. having no protecting or concealing cover; "naked to mine enemies"- Shakespeare
    Synonym(s): naked, defenseless
  3. lacking weapons for self-defense
    Synonym(s): defenseless, defenceless
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Defenseless \De*fense"less\, a.
      Destitute of defense; unprepared to resist attack; unable to
      oppose; unprotected. -- {De*fense"less*ly}, adv. --
      {De*fense"less*ness}, n.
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