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Definition of helpless in English: helplessadjective ˈhɛlpləsˈhɛlpləs 1Unable to defend oneself or to act without help. the cubs are born blind and helpless Example sentencesExamples - Why do we decide it is none of our business or that we are helpless to do anything about it?
- He feels helpless and powerless to do anything to change things for the better.
- A person, a society and a country which is weak and helpless has no choice but to resort to violence.
- Is there anything worse than watching someone you love have to suffer while you're helpless to do anything to help?
- I was helpless to do anything but pray to God for her salvation.
- He felt helpless because he could not do anything to save innocent lives and bring succour to them.
- Nonetheless, I wanted her to know that she is not at all helpless and vulnerable.
- I am left to watch and feel desperate if not helpless in this small world in which I am unable to do more than pray.
- I felt frustrated and helpless and just wanted to see if there was anything I could do.
- I am a police captain and feel totally helpless as I am unable to help my city and my family.
- Being with Lydie when she was so weak and helpless caused Jamie to become distressed.
- An American soldier had been murdered right in front of him, and he was helpless to do anything about it.
- He awoke terrified and helpless in a hospital bed, covered in bandages and unable to move his legs.
- Don't overprotect your child - it may only make him feel more vulnerable and helpless.
- Have a heart and spare a thought for the defenceless, helpless victims and their families.
- He was very old, but she could tell by watching him walk that he was in no way helpless or weak.
- In the face of such irresistible destruction, we all feel weak and helpless.
- Only at the end of the book does he admit that he feels at home among the most vulnerable and helpless people.
- They are on the receiving end, or on the sidelines, feeling helpless and vulnerable.
- Yet humanists should have the capability to defend the rights of the most helpless members of society.
Synonyms dependent, incapable, powerless, impotent, weak, weakly, feeble defenceless, unprotected, vulnerable, exposed, easily hurt, easily destroyed, open to attack - 1.1 Uncontrollable.
they burst into helpless laughter Example sentencesExamples - I used to read it aloud to my little brother, and we'd collapse into helpless laughter.
- My colleague and I looked at each other and then dissolved into helpless laughter.
- Within moments, we would be dissolved into hopeless, helpless, joyful laughter.
- The helpless laughter of audiences gives him the approval which he was denied as a child.
- These three had the same effect on me as she had on Prince Charles: they reduced me to helpless laughter.
Definition of helpless in US English: helplessadjectiveˈhelpləsˈhɛlpləs 1Unable to defend oneself or to act without help. the cubs are born blind and helpless Example sentencesExamples - I am a police captain and feel totally helpless as I am unable to help my city and my family.
- Why do we decide it is none of our business or that we are helpless to do anything about it?
- He awoke terrified and helpless in a hospital bed, covered in bandages and unable to move his legs.
- Being with Lydie when she was so weak and helpless caused Jamie to become distressed.
- Have a heart and spare a thought for the defenceless, helpless victims and their families.
- Is there anything worse than watching someone you love have to suffer while you're helpless to do anything to help?
- I am left to watch and feel desperate if not helpless in this small world in which I am unable to do more than pray.
- They are on the receiving end, or on the sidelines, feeling helpless and vulnerable.
- He felt helpless because he could not do anything to save innocent lives and bring succour to them.
- I was helpless to do anything but pray to God for her salvation.
- In the face of such irresistible destruction, we all feel weak and helpless.
- Only at the end of the book does he admit that he feels at home among the most vulnerable and helpless people.
- Don't overprotect your child - it may only make him feel more vulnerable and helpless.
- He was very old, but she could tell by watching him walk that he was in no way helpless or weak.
- An American soldier had been murdered right in front of him, and he was helpless to do anything about it.
- He feels helpless and powerless to do anything to change things for the better.
- A person, a society and a country which is weak and helpless has no choice but to resort to violence.
- I felt frustrated and helpless and just wanted to see if there was anything I could do.
- Yet humanists should have the capability to defend the rights of the most helpless members of society.
- Nonetheless, I wanted her to know that she is not at all helpless and vulnerable.
Synonyms dependent, incapable, powerless, impotent, weak, weakly, feeble - 1.1 Uncontrollable.
they burst into helpless laughter Example sentencesExamples - My colleague and I looked at each other and then dissolved into helpless laughter.
- Within moments, we would be dissolved into hopeless, helpless, joyful laughter.
- The helpless laughter of audiences gives him the approval which he was denied as a child.
- I used to read it aloud to my little brother, and we'd collapse into helpless laughter.
- These three had the same effect on me as she had on Prince Charles: they reduced me to helpless laughter.
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