defenseless
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“When you see the play, his head is removed from the forceable contact. Defenseless is a little bit more of an issue relative to the position the receiver’s in,” Payton added.
From Washington Times • Oct. 23, 2023
Defenseless: Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan stepped down from consideration for the full post today, an announcement shortly followed by reports of a brutal family incident from several years ago.
From Slate • Jun. 18, 2019
Defenseless against the fickle will of a tool-making species, technology doesn’t “want” any of these things.
From Slate • Jun. 1, 2015
Defenseless Norway dared to disregard a strong German protest that the internment of the Nazi prize crew that captured the U. S. freighter City of Flint was an unfriendly act.
From Time Magazine Archive
Defenseless even against her own thoughts, which told her that the walls were clammy with goo.
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
Vocabulary lists containing defenseless
Power Suffix: -less
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -less
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