About The Word Helpless

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Helpless

Helpless Meaning & Definition
Helpless Definition And Meaning

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

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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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