What (who) is helpless - definition
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Helpless (disambiguation); Helpless (song)
helpless
¦ adjective
1. unable to defend oneself or to act without help.
2. uncontrollable: helpless laughter.
Derivatives
helplessly adverb
helplessness noun
helpless
If you are helpless, you do not have the strength or power to do anything useful or to control or protect yourself.
Parents often feel helpless, knowing that all the cuddles in the world won't stop the tears...
ADJ: oft ADJ to-inf, ADJ with n
• helplessly
Their son watched helplessly as they vanished beneath the waves.
ADV: usu ADV with v
• helplessness
I remember my feelings of helplessness.
N-UNCOUNT
helpless
a.
1.
Weak, feeble, powerless, impotent, imbecile, disabled, infirm.
2.
Exposed, defenceless, unprotected.
3.
Irremediable, beyond help, remediless, irreparable, irretrievable, desperate.
Pronunciation examples for helpless
1. and poor, helpless Hollywood
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2. You feel helpless.
Creative Arts for Social Change _ Farhan Akhtar _ Talks at Google
3. Sorry, hopeless, helpless, yeah.
Mental Resilience _ Kamal Sarma _ Talks at Google
4. I'm helpless here.
My Life, Career, and Family _ Johnny Lever _ Talks at Google
5. ♫ If you're feeling helpless ♫
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Examples of use of helpless
1. "Helpless, helpless, helpless," went the refrain.
2. "Helpless, helpless helpless." Additional reporting by Frederick Studemann
3. Israel seems increasingly despondent, helpless to help itself.
4. We seem helpless to end the "anomaly" of Guantanamo Bay.
5. Many parents watched helpless as their children died.