defenseless
UK/dɪˈfɛnsləs/
defenseless adjective: lacking any form of defense; vulnerable; open to attack.
Adjective
defenseless (comparative more defenseless, superlative most defenseless)
- Lacking any form of defense; vulnerable; open to attack.
- Her look, her attitude, her words were eloquent of the age-old appeal of defenseless woman to her natural protector—man.1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 44
- On the port tack layline , you're defenseless against starboard tackers — you have to dip them , no matter how much you may lose doing it — and the wind shadow of boats spinnakering away from the mark can cost you plenty.1995, Tom Linskey, Race Winning Strategies
- Synonyms:
- naked
defenseless meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
defenseless in Hindi
- lacking any form of defense; vulnerable; open to attack
- अरक्षित arakṣit
defenseless in Tamil
- தற்காப்பு இல்லாதவர்
defenseless in Urdu
- بے دفاع, بے دفاعی
defenseless in Bengali
- প্রতিরক্ষাহীন
More languagesFewer languages
- defenseless in Malayalam
- പ്രതിരോധമില്ലാത്തവർ, പ്രതിരോധം ഇല്ലാത്തവർ
- defenseless in Kannada
- ರಕ್ಷಣೆಯಿಲ್ಲದವರು
- defenseless in Punjabi
- ਰੱਖਿਆ ਰਹਿਤ, ਰੱਖਿਆਹੀਣ, ਰੱਖਿਆ-ਰਹਿਤ
- defenseless in Odia
- ପ୍ରତିରକ୍ଷାହୀନ
- defenseless in Arabic
- أَعْزَل ʔaʕzal
- defenseless in Vietnamese
- không được bảo vệ, không được phòng thủ
Examples of defenseless in a sentence
- I'm not exactly defenseless myself." From my paddy-paw a talon popped, curved like a sickle moon.
- I have been very conscious of the fact that by declawing her, I rendered her defenseless.
- The Soviet Union and its allies have invaded a defenseless country to stamp out a resurgence of ordinary human freedom.
Synonyms of defenseless
Forms of defenseless
| comparative | more defenseless |
|---|---|
| superlative | most defenseless |
| alternative form | defenceless |
Origin of defenseless
From defense + -less.
Words formed from defenseless
Questions about defenseless
- What does defenseless mean?
- Defenseless means lacking any form of defense; vulnerable; open to attack.
- What is defenseless in Hindi?
- Defenseless in Hindi is अरक्षित (arakṣit). See Defenseless meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is defenseless?
- Defenseless is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce defenseless?
- Defenseless is pronounced /dɪˈfɛnsləs/ (UK).
Words near defenseless in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: defenseless (page history and authors); defenseless (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); defenseless (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); defenseless (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); defenseless (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); defenseless (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); defenseless (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); defenseless (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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