# weaponless

**Pronunciation:** WEAPONLESS

**CEFR level:** B2

**Part of speech:** adjective

## Meaning

Weaponless means lacking a weapon.

## Examples

- The writer described the response as weaponless.
- A weaponless tone can change the mood of a conversation.
- The situation became weaponless after the announcement.

## Common patterns

- weaponless + noun — Use weaponless before a noun to describe that quality. — The writer described a weaponless reaction.
- become weaponless — Use after become, seem, or be for a state or quality. — The discussion became weaponless near the end.

## Collocations

- weaponless behavior — The teacher calmly handled the weaponless behavior.
- weaponless tone — The email had an weaponless tone.

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