indefenso

indefenso
adj.
undefended, defenceless, defenseless, helpless.
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indefenso
adjetivo
1 defenceless, helpless
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(f. - indefensa)
adj.
defenseless, helpless
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ADJ defenceless, defenseless (EEUU)
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-sa adjetivo <niño/animal> defenseless*; <fortaleza> undefended
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= defenceless [defenseless, -USA], helpless, unprotected, vulnerable.
Ex. From the skimming he had given their writings he knew that something like a chemical agent was working in Balzac's defenseless mind, and that the hapless fellow was trying not to succumb to it.
Ex. In imposing penalties for book stealing libraries are particularly helpless.
Ex. Society is falling apart at the seams, causing individuals who have not been able to cope with the changes to feel unprotected and hopeless.
Ex. Ironically, the latter proved to be the most vulnerable and acutely criticized of Panizzi's rules, as, coincidentally, are the corresponding AACR rules.
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* dejar indefenso = leave + unprotected.
* indefensos, los = little guy, the.
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-sa adjetivo <niño/animal> defenseless*; <fortaleza> undefended
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= defenceless [defenseless, -USA], helpless, unprotected, vulnerable.

Ex: From the skimming he had given their writings he knew that something like a chemical agent was working in Balzac's defenseless mind, and that the hapless fellow was trying not to succumb to it.

Ex: In imposing penalties for book stealing libraries are particularly helpless.
Ex: Society is falling apart at the seams, causing individuals who have not been able to cope with the changes to feel unprotected and hopeless.
Ex: Ironically, the latter proved to be the most vulnerable and acutely criticized of Panizzi's rules, as, coincidentally, are the corresponding AACR rules.
* dejar indefenso = leave + unprotected.
* indefensos, los = little guy, the.

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indefenso -sa
adjective
‹niño/animal› defenseless*; ‹fortaleza› undefended
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indefenso
-sa adjetivo ‹niño/animal› defenseless(conjugate defenseless);


fortalezaundefended
indefenso,-a adjetivo defenceless, helpless
'indefenso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
indefensa
English:
defenceless
- helpless
- defenseless
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indefenso, -a adj
defenceless
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indefenso
adj defenseless, Br
defenceless
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indefenso, -sa adj
: defenseless, helpless
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indefenso adj defenceless / helpless

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