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US
/dɪˈfɛnsɫəs/
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ADJECTIVE
- lacking weapons for self-defense
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lacking protection or support
a defenseless child -
having no protecting or concealing cover
naked to mine enemies
ADVERB
-
without defense
the child was standing in the middle of the crossfire, defenselessly
How To Use defenseless In A Sentence
- And the fact is that women just dig men who see clips of defenseless mother pigs stuffed in crates so small that they can't turn around, and then blurt out, "But, I love me some bacon! Josh Tetrick: Five Reasons Why Man = Meat
- Her weak façade of control did not hide her utter defenselessness and need to be wanted. Too Old for Their Age
- “Part of an adult faith, for example, is a commitment to the inviolability of human life from its first moment, radically opposing the principle of violence, precisely in the defense of the most defenseless of human creatures,” the pope said. Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog:
- He played right into my vulnerable defenseless beginner trap.
- The really are the sweetest birds in existence - flightless, defenseless, harmless, big, green budgies.
- Look at you biting your knuckle orgiastically while your leather minion whips a defenseless Isabelle De Funès. Happy Birthday, Carroll Baker
- In the face of such an onslaught, the Germans, military as well as civilians, were, by and large, defenceless.
- I will never reject, from any consideration personal to myself, the cause of the defenseless or oppressed, or delay any person's cause for lucre or malice.
- The issue is one of innocence and defenselessness on the one hand, and a decision by one who truly does have a choice on the other. Requiring viewing of pre-abortion ultrasounds: I’m with Crist on this one
- Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff lamented the deaths of what she called "defenseless children" and asked for a minute of silence to honor the youngsters. 11 Children Killed in Brazil School Shooting