helplessnessn.
/ˈhɛlpləsnəs/, U.S. /ˈhɛlpləsnəs/ The state or condition of being helpless; want of aid or resource; inability to help oneself.
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the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [noun] > lack of resourcefulness
fecklessness1637
shiftlessness1682
helplessness1731
weirdlessness1825
self-helplessness1853
unshiftiness1870
sleevelessness1882
1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Helplessness, destituteness of help.
1742 W. Warburton Note Pope's Ess. Man iii. 225 From their helplessness in distress.
1779 S. Johnson Milton in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets II. 199 The mind sinks under them in passive helplessness.
1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola II. xiv. 170 He was in one of his most wretched moments of conscious helplessness.
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