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Helpless

//ˈhɛlplɪs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Unable to defend oneself.

    "Then when you find yourself lyin' helpless in her arms You know you really love a woman"

  2. 2
    Lacking help; powerless.

    "A gaoler struck him, pushing him back in place in the hopeless, helpless line of prisoners."

  3. 3
    Unable to act without help; needing help; feeble.
  4. 4
    Uncontrollable.

    "a helpless urge"

  5. 5
    From which there is no possibility of being saved. obsolete

    "For, while they fly that gulf's devouring jawes, They on the rock are rent and sunck in helplesse wawes."

Adjective
  1. 1
    unable to manage independently wordnet
  2. 2
    unable to function; without help wordnet
  3. 3
    lacking in or deprived of strength or power wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English helples, from Old English *helplēas (“helpless”) from Proto-Germanic *helpōlausaz, equivalent to help + -less. Compare Dutch hulpeloos (“helpless”), German hilflos (“helpless”), Danish hjælpeløs (“helpless”) and Swedish hjälplös (“helpless”).

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