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[ help-lis ] / ˈhɛlp lɪs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR helpless ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveunable to help oneself; weak or dependent: a helpless invalid. deprived of strength or power; powerless; incapacitated: They were helpless with laughter. affording no help. Origin of helplessMiddle English word dating back to 1125–75; see origin at help, -less OTHER WORDS FROM helplesshelp·less·ly, adverbhelp·less·ness, nounWords nearby helplesshelper virus, helpful, helping, helping hand, helping verb, helpless, helpline, Helpmann, helpmate, helpmeet, help oneself Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for helplessLooking at that newspaper in the middle of the American desert, I wondered whether it was now my turn to know familial loss and feel helpless. How Biking Across America Formed an Unlikely Friendship|Raffi Joe Wartanian|October 8, 2020|Outside Online “It's insane to see what the extreme version of that type of helpless anger combined with mental illness can create,” Cook wrote. School Shooters Love This Pickup Artist Website|Brandy Zadrozny|December 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST “No, the church has to be on the side of the most disadvantaged, of the poorest, of the helpless,” the padre tells us. Mexico’s Holy Warrior Against the Cartels|Jason McGahan|November 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST He saves the helpless from burning buildings and puppies from untimely deaths. The Ugly Truth About Cory Booker, New Jersey’s Golden Boy|Olivia Nuzzi|October 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At the stage when you are a helpless baby, Mom is, literally, everything. Postpartum Stigma: Why My Patient Committed Suicide|Jean Kim|August 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST Helpless women and children are bombed in a U.N. shelter, and the overall toll passes 1,000. Hope When the World’s Gone Off the Rails|Gene Robinson|July 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST But the birds are not as helpless as the flowers, and are able to make their own nests. Confidences|Edith B. Lowry Oh, what a shame to take him through the streets in such a helpless condition! Fireside Stories for Girls in Their Teens|Margaret White Eggleston And listening, there comes up to him from the depths faintly, through the tube: "I'm uninjured, but am bound and helpless." Miss Dividends|Archibald Clavering Gunter Feeling painfully insignificant and helpless, he turned and left the room. Jupiter Lights|Constance Fenimore Woolson The same God made the eagle, the vulture, the hawk, and their helpless prey. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12)|Robert G. Ingersoll
British Dictionary definitions for helpless
adjectiveunable to manage independently made powerless or weakthey were helpless from so much giggling without help Derived forms of helplesshelplessly, adverbhelplessness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to helplessdefenseless, weak, impotent, disabled, unprotected, unable, paralyzed, forlorn, destitute, powerless, abandoned, debilitated, dependent, exposed, feeble, forsaken, friendless, inefficient, inexpert, infirm |