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defenseless

adjective as in powerless, vulnerable

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To deny it is to leave Americans defenseless against it.

From Salon

"Ordinary women, without the tools, are left alone and defenseless."

From BBC

There are no defenseless children in “Alien: Earth.”

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It is etched into the hands of those who perpetuate this unbearable violence against a defenseless yet resilient people.

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It suggests the people imprisoned there are not vulnerable and defenseless men and women; anyone sent to “Alligator Alcatraz” must be a criminal of the worst sort.

From Los Angeles Times

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