defenseless
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The line that set off the frenzy, in its entirety, is: “He wants to build his ballroom and travel with Natalie on their apparently defenseless flying palace gifted by the emir of Qatar.”
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
The drugs targeted rapidly dividing cancer cells in the marrow, but in doing so further damaged an already compromised blood- and immune-making system, often leaving patients defenseless against infection and bleeding.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026
"Fragile is the flesh of defenseless populations, tried by so many wars, ongoing or concluded, leaving behind rubble and open wounds," the pope said at the mass in St Peter's Basilica.
From Barron's ● Dec. 25, 2025
To deny it is to leave Americans defenseless against it.
From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2025
There was not enough charity for so many poor, defenseless people.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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Power Suffix: -less
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -less
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