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defenceless adjective [ dɪˈfɛnsləs ]

• without defence or protection; totally vulnerable.
• "attacks on defenceless civilians"
Similar: vulnerable, helpless, powerless, impotent, weak, frail, susceptible, easily hurt/wounded/damaged, impuissant, resistless, undefended, unprotected, unguarded, unfortified, unshielded, unarmed, without arms, without defences, assailable, open to attack, wide open, open, exposed, endangered, in danger, in peril, in jeopardy, at risk, insecure, pregnable,
Opposite: well protected, resilient,


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