What does defenceless mean?
Defenceless means (British spelling) Without defence; undefended..
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/dɪˈfɛnsləs/ · adjective
(British spelling) Without defence; undefended..
Paralysed, the old man was defenceless; and the robbers easily stole all of his money.
The hawk, foul murderer of defenceless birds, has sighted the chicken on the bare patch.
Railway engines have been attacked with gunfire by raiding aircraft on both sides of the Channel and the impression has grown up that they are defenceless monsters to be pestered with impunity. The first engine to disprove this vainglorious theory was, we are glad to note, a British one. [The locomotive boiler exploded, causing the aircraft to crash.]
Use defenceless when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Defenceless means (British spelling) Without defence; undefended..
Common synonyms include vulnerable, defenseless, unarmed.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Paralysed, the old man was defenceless; and the robbers easily stole all of his money.
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