About The Word Helpless
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Helpless
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What's The Definition Of Helpless?
[adj] unable to manage independently; "as helpless as a baby"
[adj] unable to function; without help [adj] lacking in or deprived of strength or power; "lying ill and helpless"; "helpless with laughter" Synonyms | Synonyms for Helpless: dependent | hopeless | incapacitated | lost | powerless | weak Related Terms | Find terms related to Helpless: abandoned | aidless | at sea | baffled | bare-handed | bewildered | blind | blind drunk | blotto | confounded | confused | crippled | debilitated | defenseless | dependent | deserted | desolate | disabled | enervated | enfeebled | exhausted | faint | fatherless | feeble | forlorn | forsaken | friendless | godforsaken | guardless | guideless | helpless | homeless | impotent | incapable | incompetent | inefficient | inept | infirm | kithless | lame | leaderless | motherless | muddled | mystified | nonplussed | out | out cold | outcast | overcome | paralyzed | passed out | perplexed | pregnable | prostrate | spent | stiff | stoned | unarmed | unarmored | unattended | unavailing | uncovered | undefended | under the table | unfit | unfortified | unfriended | ungarrisoned | unguarded | unprotected | unqualified | unscreened | unsheltered | unshielded | unsuspecting | untenable | unwarned | unwatched | useless | vulnerable | weak | weakened | weaponless | worn out | worthless See Also | Helpless In Webster's Dictionary \Help"less\, a.
1. Destitute of help or strength; unable to help or defend
one's self; needing help; feeble; weak; as, a helpless
infant.
How shall I then your helpless fame defend? --Pope.
2. Beyond help; irremediable.
Some helpless disagreement or dislike, either of
mind or body. --Milton.
3. Bringing no help; unaiding. [Obs.]
Yet since the gods have been Helpless foreseers of
my plagues. --Chapman.
4. Unsupplied; destitute; -- with of. [R.]
Helpless of all that human wants require. --Dryden.
-- {Help"less*ly}, adv. -- {Help"less*ness}, n.
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