defenceless
Adjective Satellite
- lacking protection or support
- lacking weapons for self-defense
Adverb
- without defense
Adj
- Without defence; undefended.
Examples
- Blind, deaf, and paralysed, the old man was defenceless; and the robbers easily stole all of his money.
Origin / Etymology
From defence + -less.
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 17
defenceless: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Worddefenceless: not valid in Scrabble (MW) Merriam-Webster Dictionary
defenceless: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 20
defenceless: valid Words With Friends Word