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   adjective. UK (US defenseless) uk / dɪˈfens.ləs / us / dɪˈfens.ləs / Add to word list. Defenceless people, animals, places, or things are weak and unable to protect themselves from attack: a small defenceless child. a defenceless city. defenceless against They were defenceless against the enemy bombs. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples.

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   There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective defenceless, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

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   Someone who's defenseless is vulnerable and unprotected. Babies need to be taken care of because they're completely defenseless. A brand new chess player is somewhat defenseless against an experienced player, and a kitten is defenseless without its mother's fierce protection.

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   If someone or something is defenceless, they are weak and unable to defend themselves properly. [...]

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   Definition of defenseless adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   What is the difference between defenseless and defenseless?

   • Defenseless and defenceless are alternative forms of each other. Defenseless is lacking any form of defense; vulnerable; open to attack, while defenceless is without defence; undefended. Other Comparisons: What's the difference? Defenseless: lacking any form of defense, vulnerable, open to attack. Defenceless: without defence, undefended.

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   What does it mean if someone is defenseless?

   • If someone or something is defenseless, they are weak and unable to defend themselves properly. ...a savage attack on a defenseless young girl. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers It seems that your browser is blocking this video content.

   DEFENSELESS definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   What does it mean if a baby is defenseless?

   • The word defenseless dates from the 16th century, combining defense, "action of guarding or protecting," from the Latin defendere, "protect," and -less, "without or lacking." Someone who's defenseless is vulnerable and unprotected. Babies need to be taken care of because they're completely defenseless.

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   Are other animals defenceless compared to humans?

   • The fact that other animals are analogously defenceless with respect to humans does not remove the unfairness of such a devils-to-humans relation. On a practical level, it made sense to want to avoid the horrors of war, not least because the state was virtually defenceless.

   DEFENCELESS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   Are singers defenceless?

   • Any suspicion that they were defenceless women is swiftly dispelled by the photographs in the book, several of which had this reviewer laughing out loud. Yet even while these conditions obtained, singers - at any rate good singers - were not defenceless. This, however, would put humans in too defenceless a position.

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   If someone or something is defenseless, they are weak and unable to defend themselves properly..... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.