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# defenceless

adjective (defenceless, more defenceless, most defenceless)

«defenceless» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Defenceless means having no protection, and unable to fight back or guard yourself. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/defenceless/#m1)

### In the lessons

in stories a defenceless animal or child is in danger from a bigger creature; in lessons, a helpless target

### Examples

- A baby bird is defenceless without its mother. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/defenceless/#x1)
- The defenceless rabbit hid under a leaf. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/defenceless/#x2)
- It is cowardly to attack the defenceless. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/defenceless/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «defenceless» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/defenceless/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«defenceless» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/defenceless.html) on Mova free.