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weaponless

weaponless adjective: lacking a weapon.

Adjective

weaponless (not comparable)

  1. Lacking a weapon.
    • Summerlee was weaponless, but I was emptying my magazine as quick as I could fire, and on the further flank we heard the continuous cracking of our companion's rifles.1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    unarmed

weaponless meaning in Hindi

weaponless in Hindi

lacking a weapon
निहत्था nihatthā, शस्त्रहीन śastrahīn

Synonyms of weaponless

Origin of weaponless

From Middle English wepenles, from Old English wǣpenlēas, from Proto-Germanic *wēpnalausaz, equivalent to weapon + -less. Cognate with Saterland Frisian woapenloos (“weaponless”), Dutch wapenloos (“weaponless”), German waffenlos (“weaponless”), Danish våbenløs (“weaponless”), Swedish vapenlös (“weaponless”), Icelandic vopnlaus (“weaponless”).

Words formed from weaponless

Questions about weaponless

What does weaponless mean?
Weaponless means lacking a weapon.
What is weaponless in Hindi?
Weaponless in Hindi is निहत्था (nihatthā), शस्त्रहीन (śastrahīn). See Weaponless meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is weaponless?
Weaponless is an adjective.

Words near weaponless in the dictionary

  1. weaponized incompetence
  2. weaponizer
  3. weaponizers
  4. weaponizes
  5. weaponizing
  6. weaponless
  7. weaponlessness
  8. weaponlike
  9. weaponmaker
  10. weaponmakers
  11. weaponmaking

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