Hyphenation of defenseless

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word defenseless? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

de-fense-less

Definitions of defenseless:

1.	Lacking protection or support A defenseless child
2.	Having no protecting or concealing cover Naked to mine enemies- Shakespeare
3.	Lacking weapons for self-defense
4.	Without defense The child was standing in the middle of the crossfire
5.	Defenselessly

Synonyms of defenseless:

adj	defenceless, vulnerable
adj	naked, unprotected
adj	defenceless, unarmed
adv	defencelessly

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The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.