defenseless
adjective
- Devoid of help or protection: helpless, unprotected. See safety/danger.
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Even the most rational approach to ethics is defenseless if there isn't the will to do what is right.
— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.
The adjective has 3 meanings:
Meaning #1:
lacking protection or support
Synonym: defenceless
Meaning #2:
having no protecting or concealing cover
Synonym: naked
Meaning #3:
lacking weapons for self-defense
Synonym: defenceless
The adverb defenseless has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
without defense
Synonym: defencelessly
Derived from adjective: defenseless (meaning #1)
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