DEFENSELESS, adjective Being without defense, or without means of repelling assault or injury; applied to a town, it denotes unfortified or ungarrisoned; open to an enemy; applied to a person, it denotes naked; unarmed; unprotected; unprepared to resist attack; weak; unable to oppose; uncovered; unsheltered.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI