almost defenceless
Frequency: 7.210.1 per million words
Indicates a state of being nearly without any defence.
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Examples (10)
- The newborn kitten was almost defenceless without its mother.
- With their main forces away, the town was left almost defenceless against the attack.
- Facing the barrage of criticism, he felt almost defenceless.
- Without the latest security patch, the network was almost defenceless to hackers.
- The small village, armed only with farm tools, was almost defenceless when the raiders arrived.
- Without key evidence, the lawyer's argument was almost defenceless in court.
- After their star goalie was injured, the team's net was almost defenceless.
- Caught in the sudden storm without a coat, she was almost defenceless against the freezing wind.
- If we don't modernize our systems, we will be almost defenceless in a future cyberwar.
- Realizing they were surrounded, the soldiers knew they were almost defenceless, yet they fought on.