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Helpless

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 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"lessly}, adv. -- {Help"lessness}, n.

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"

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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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