adjective
- Lacking protection or support.
- usage: "a defenseless child"
- synonyms: defenceless
- Having no protecting or concealing cover."naked to mine enemies- Shakespeare
- synonyms: naked
- Lacking weapons for self-defense.
- synonyms: defenceless
adverb
- Without defense.
- usage: "the child was standing in the middle of the crossfire, defenselessly"
- synonyms: defenceless, defenselessly, defencelessly
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