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Discover LudwigThe word 'defencelessness' is correct and usable in written English
You can use it to describe a situation in which someone or something has no defence or protection against something else, such as an attack or criticism. For example, "Without the protection of the law, the protestors felt defenceless against the oppressive forces of the government."
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defencelessness
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The state or condition of being defenceless.
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"Militant Islamism is only a tiny force in Europe", wrote the conservative Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, "yet it is dangerous, because many societies on this continent have elevated their defencelessness into a virtue".
In an interview with BFM TV, the suspended Fifa president also lamented his defencelessness as his time at the helm draws towards a close, going on to reiterate his view that the situation would not have arisen if the 2022 World Cup had been awarded to the US.
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The single biggest security problem in the region was left untouched by the Bush administration: the near-defencelessness of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
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