Defenseless

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  


     2. unarmed; used of persons or the military. {armed}
        [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  defenseless
       adj 1: lacking protection or support; "a defenseless child" [syn: {defenceless}]
       2: having no protecting or concealing cover; "naked to mine
          enemies"- Shakespeare [syn: {naked}]
       3: lacking weapons for self-defense [syn: {defenceless}]
       adv : without defense; "the child was standing in the middle of
             the crossfire, defenselessly" [syn: {defencelessly}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  38 Moby Thesaurus words for "defenseless":
     abandoned, aidless, bare-handed, deserted, desolate, fatherless,
     forlorn, forsaken, friendless, godforsaken, guardless, guideless,
     helpless, homeless, kithless, leaderless, motherless, outcast,
     pregnable, unarmed, unarmored, unattended, uncovered, undefended,
     unfortified, unfriended, ungarrisoned, unguarded, unprotected,
     unscreened, unsheltered, unshielded, unsuspecting, untenable,
     unwarned, unwatched, vulnerable, weaponless