Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective same as
defenseless .
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- adjective Without
defence ;undefended .
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- adjective lacking protection or support
- adverb without defense
- adjective lacking weapons for self-defense
Etymologies
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Examples
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They were both outsiders, social lightning conductors, defenceless from the start.
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Thank your relationship to my sister that I punish you no further, and learn that to use other men's arms to strike the defenceless is a stain upon nobility. '
Stray Pearls Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862
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Justice Minister Brigitte Mabandla was on Wednesday accused of grossly violating the human rights of 384 "defenceless" prisoners by refusing to consider and process their applications for presidential pardons.
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Sanco said in a statement that it condemned the use of violence to remove "defenceless" people.
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Stepmum Tara Jefferson jailed for whipping girl with dog lead A STEPMOTHER who "deliberately and systematically" whipped a young "defenceless" girl with a dog lead because she was angry with her then partner has been jailed.
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A heroin addict who stabbed a '' defenceless '' student to death during a burglary has been jailed for a minimum of 26 years.
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Ottoway man Trevor Bond jailed for cutting dog's throat AN Ottoway man who slit the throat of a "defenceless" dog has been the first to be jailed in South Australia since new animal cruelty legislation was introduced in 2008.
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Even when she talks Touko out of her Drama Club doramaz, it's her 'defenceless' look that gets out her kouhai's dere-dere.
Anime Nano! 2009
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A former security adviser to Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams wept as he recalled being warned he and his "defenceless" family could be murdered by IRA assassins.
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He said facial injuries appeared to have been inflicted when the detainees were being held down or were "defenceless".
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