virtually defenceless
Frequency: 6.88.1 per million words
Indicates a state of being nearly without any defence.
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- They were left virtually defenceless against enemy attack.
- Without its firewall, the network was virtually defenceless against cyber threats.
- The newborn chicks are virtually defenceless when their mother is away.
- After losing his glasses, he felt virtually defenceless and disoriented.
- With no evidence to support his claims, the lawyer was virtually defenceless in court.
- The small village, cut off by the storm, was virtually defenceless against the floodwaters.
- Once their star player was injured, the team became virtually defenceless.
- The ancient city, with its crumbling walls, stood virtually defenceless before the invading army.
- Unvaccinated populations are virtually defenceless against new strains of the virus.
- How could they send unarmed observers into a situation where they would be virtually defenceless?