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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a defenceless" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone or something that is unable to defend themselves or is vulnerable.
Example: "The defenceless animal was left alone in the woods, exposed to the elements and predators."
Alternatives: "an unprotected" or "a vulnerable".
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Pointlessly violent assault on a defenceless animal?
Have I bullied a defenceless woman?
Bourgeois Americans being cruel to a defenceless blonde?
Forcing him to do so is compared to shooting a defenceless bird.
"What type of culture needs a machinegun to kill a defenceless animal?" added another.
"A defenceless virgin," she has not yet been covered with "the filthy traces" of the world.
"They were inflicted on a defenceless man who was semi-conscious at times during the assault.
Figures in black rush in, pointing guns at a defenceless crowd of peasants who recoil.
As the parent of a defenceless daughter with profound disabilities, such stories disturb me.
But there is no defence when it comes to deliberately killing a defenceless animal, according to Ms McKenna.
Mrs Fergus's opinion continued to count as it was a horrific crime on a "defenceless toddler", she said.
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