The Collaborative International Dictionary
Defenseless \De*fense"less\, a. Destitute of defense; unprepared to resist attack; unable to oppose; unprotected. [Also spelled defenceless.]-- De*fense"less*ly, adv. -- De*fense"less*ness, n.
2. unarmed; used of persons or the military. armed
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also defenceless, 1520s, from defense + -less. Related: Defenselessly.
Wiktionary
a. Lacking any form of defense; vulnerable; open to attack.
WordNet
adv. without defense; "the child was standing in the middle of the crossfire, defenselessly" [syn: defencelessly]
adj. lacking protection or support; "a defenseless child" [syn: defenceless]
having no protecting or concealing cover; "naked to mine enemies"- Shakespeare [syn: naked]
lacking weapons for self-defense [syn: defenceless]
Wikipedia
'' Defenseless'' is a 1991 film directed by Martin Campbell.
Usage examples of "defenseless".
Charee has been found guilty of murdering the backstaffer, and the cooper Kharl has been found guilty of failing to protect the defenseless under his care and of resisting lawful authority.
The torlen had reached two cubs and were swiftly stripping the defenseless flesh from their bodies.
The very words were frightening to Dolley, suggesting a majestic full-rigged ship bearing down on a defenseless little rowboat-she being the rowboat.
As he rode away, a brave but defenseless figure haloed by a cloud of dust, Dolley wondered if she would ever see him again.
He cannot bear to see the defenseless echidna suffer such an agonizing fate but feels altogether powerless to do anything about it.
Small, slow, and defenseless, the hominids, walking blinking out of their forests, were an easy target for such creatures.
But thrown into the world, magicless, defenseless, hobs learned new magics of their own.
The Baluba boys hurled these rocks down on the defenseless heads of the Karamzili.
After all, how many other cottonmouths are lying in wait out there for a defenseless female to stumble over them?
But instead, the Dianne Feinsteins of the world, the Charlie Schumers, the subway senators, they want to take the guns away from the middle class, leaving us completely defenseless while they remain protected by the Secret Service.
The maids leapt among the espers like wolves in the fold, tearing at defenseless flesh with their clawed hands and stuffing the bloody meat into their mouths.
It happened rarely, but he appeared so flummoxed and defenseless at those instants it was hard not to feel sorry for him.
The hostage feels defenseless, too much terrified to think or to act, but she maintains the hope that she will be rescued.
I never blamed them much for wanting to get rid of these, even if they did have to commit a sort of highway robbery upon defenseless prisoners to do so.
Asia Minor, synonymous to the ancients with nymphs, dryads, satyrs, and other mythical woodland folk, as well as with peasants so defenseless they were easily enslaved.