defenseless
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[edit]defenseless (comparative more defenseless, superlative most defenseless)
- Lacking any form of defense; vulnerable; open to attack.
- 1995, Tom Linskey, Race Winning Strategies:
- On the port tack layline , you're defenseless against starboard tackers — you have to dip them , no matter how much you may lose doing it — and the wind shadow of boats spinnakering away from the mark can cost you plenty.
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[edit]lacking any form of defense; vulnerable; open to attack
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