defenseless

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

defenseless
    adv 1: without defense; "the child was standing in the middle of
           the crossfire, defenselessly" [syn: {defenseless},
           {defenceless}, {defenselessly}, {defencelessly}]
    adj 1: lacking protection or support; "a defenseless child"
           [syn: {defenseless}, {defenceless}]
    2: having no protecting or concealing cover; "naked to mine
       enemies"- Shakespeare [syn: {naked}, {defenseless}]
    3: lacking weapons for self-defense [syn: {defenseless},
       {defenceless}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Defenseless \De*fense"less\, a.
   Destitute of defense; unprepared to resist attack; unable to
   oppose; unprotected. [Also spelled {defenceless}.]--
   {De*fense"less*ly}, adv. -- {De*fense"less*ness}, n.
   [1913 Webster]

   2. unarmed; used of persons or the military. {armed}
      [WordNet 1.5]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

38 Moby Thesaurus words for "defenseless":
      abandoned, aidless, bare-handed, deserted, desolate, fatherless,
      forlorn, forsaken, friendless, godforsaken, guardless, guideless,
      helpless, homeless, kithless, leaderless, motherless, outcast,
      pregnable, unarmed, unarmored, unattended, uncovered, undefended,
      unfortified, unfriended, ungarrisoned, unguarded, unprotected,
      unscreened, unsheltered, unshielded, unsuspecting, untenable,
      unwarned, unwatched, vulnerable, weaponless

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