defenseless

English

Alternative forms

• defenceless

Etymology

From defense +‎ -less.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈfɛnsləs/

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Adjective

defenseless (comparative more defenseless, superlative most defenseless)

1. Lacking any form of defense; vulnerable; open to attack.
   • 1995, Tom Linskey, Race Winning Strategies:

     On the port tack layline , you're defenseless against starboard tackers — you have to dip them , no matter how much you may lose doing it — and the wind shadow of boats spinnakering away from the mark can cost you plenty.

Derived terms

• defenselessly
• defenselessness

 

Translations

lacking any form of defense; vulnerable; open to attack

• Arabic: أَعْزَل (ʔaʕzal)
• Belarusian: безабаро́нны (bjezabarónny)
• Bulgarian: беззащи́тен (bg) (bezzaštíten)
• Catalan: indefens
• Czech: bezbranný
• Dutch: weerloos (nl)
• Finnish: puolustuskyvytön
• French: sans défense
• Galician: indefenso
• Georgian: დაუცველი (daucveli), მოწყვლადი (moc̣q̇vladi)
• German: schutzlos (de), wehrlos (de)
• Hungarian: védtelen (hu)
• Maori: parekore, wawaukore
• Northern Mansi: ^{(please verify)} ӯргалатта̄л (ūrgalattāl)
• Polish: bezbronny (pl), bezradny (pl), bezsilny (pl)
• Portuguese: indefeso (pt), indefenso
• Russian: беззащи́тный (ru) (bezzaščítnyj)
• Spanish: indefenso (es), desamparado (es)
• Swedish: försvarslös (sv)
• Turkish: korumasız (tr), savunmasız (tr)
• Ukrainian: безза́хисний (uk) (bezzáxysnyj), беззахи́сний (uk) (bezzaxýsnyj)
• Vietnamese: không được bảo vệ, không được phòng thủ