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defenseless

/dɪˈfɛnsləs/

Meanings
  • lacking the ability to defend oneself

    - "The old woman was defenseless against the attackers."
    - "In the wild, young animals are defenseless until they learn to fend for themselves."

Rhymes
Words rhyming with defenseless
nauseous , pauseless , powerless , speechless , vaporless , wearisome , yawning
Homophones
Words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling,
  1. defiance

  2. deficit

  3. defer

  4. deferential

  5. deferring

  6. define

  7. deflection

  8. deflexion

  9. deflation

  10. deforestation

  11. degrade

  12. degradation

  13. deity

  14. delusion

  15. delusive

  16. denial

  17. denigrate

  18. denigration

  19. dense

  20. denseness

  21. denuded

  22. depart

  23. departure

  24. debark

  25. debase

  26. debasement

  27. debenture

  28. debunk

  29. deburr

  30. debilitate

  31. debilitation

  32. debonaire

  33. debonair

  34. deborah

  35. deboss

  36. debacle

  37. debentured

  38. debond

  39. debilitate

  40. debilitated

  41. debilitating

  42. debilitatingly


Variants
List of all variants of defenseless that leads to same result
defense , defenseless , defenselessly , defenselessness , defenselessnesses , defenses
Etymology
origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

The word 'defenseless' comes from the Latin word 'defensus', which means 'protected, guarded, fortified'. The prefix 'in-' is added to denote the opposite, i.e., 'lacking protection, unguarded, unfortified'.


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