defenseless

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• UK: /dɪˈfɛnsləs/
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Etymology tree English defense Proto-Indo-European *lewh1- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English defenseless From defense + -less.

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: أَعْزَل (ʔaʕzal) — lacking any form of defense; vulnerable; open to attack
• Belarusian: безабаро́нны (bjezabarónny) — lacking any form of defense; vulnerable; open to attack
• Bulgarian: беззащи́тен (bezzaštíten) — lacking any form of defense; vulnerable; open to attack
• Catalan: indefens — lacking any form of defense; vulnerable; open to attack
• Czech: bezbranný — lacking any form of defense; vulnerable; open to attack
• Dutch: weerloos — lacking any form of defense; vulnerable; open to attack
• Finnish: puolustuskyvytön — lacking any form of defense; vulnerable; open to attack
• French: sans défense — lacking any form of defense; vulnerable; open to attack
• Galician: indefenso — lacking any form of defense; vulnerable; open to attack
• Georgian: დაუცველი (daucveli) — lacking any form of defense; vulnerable; open to attack
• Georgian: მოწყვლადი (moc̣q̇vladi) — lacking any form of defense; vulnerable; open to attack
• German: schutzlos — lacking any form of defense; vulnerable; open to attack
• German: wehrlos — lacking any form of defense; vulnerable; open to attack
• Hindi: अरक्षित (arakṣit) — lacking any form of defense; vulnerable; open to attack
• Hungarian: védtelen — lacking any form of defense; vulnerable; open to attack
• Māori: parekore — lacking any form of defense; vulnerable; open to attack
• Māori: wawaukore — lacking any form of defense; vulnerable; open to attack
• Polish: bezbronny — lacking any form of defense; vulnerable; open to attack
• Polish: bezradny — lacking any form of defense; vulnerable; open to attack
• Polish: bezsilny — lacking any form of defense; vulnerable; open to attack
• Portuguese: indefeso — lacking any form of defense; vulnerable; open to attack
• Portuguese: indefenso — lacking any form of defense; vulnerable; open to attack
• Russian: беззащи́тный (bezzaščítnyj) — lacking any form of defense; vulnerable; open to attack
• Spanish: indefenso — lacking any form of defense; vulnerable; open to attack
• Spanish: desamparado — lacking any form of defense; vulnerable; open to attack
• Swedish: försvarslös — lacking any form of defense; vulnerable; open to attack
• Turkish: korumasız — lacking any form of defense; vulnerable; open to attack
• Turkish: savunmasız — lacking any form of defense; vulnerable; open to attack
• Ukrainian: безза́хисний (bezzáxysnyj) — lacking any form of defense; vulnerable; open to attack
• Ukrainian: беззахи́сний (bezzaxýsnyj) — lacking any form of defense; vulnerable; open to attack
• Vietnamese: không được bảo vệ — lacking any form of defense; vulnerable; open to attack
• Vietnamese: không được phòng thủ — lacking any form of defense; vulnerable; open to attack