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adjective

Helpless adj.

Destitute of help or strength; unable to help or defend one's self; needing help; feeble; weak; as, a helpless infant. "How shall I then your helpless fame defend?"

Beyond help; irremediable. "Some helpless disagreement or dislike, either of mind or body."

Bringing no help; unaiding. (Obs.) "Yet since the gods have been Helpless foreseers of my plagues."

Unsupplied; destitute; with of. (R.) "Helpless of all that human wants require."

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Etymology of 'Helpless'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Helpless" Quotes from Famous Books

... not present unbearable conditions. Moreover, time would bring about its shifts. In a week, in a month, in six months, Mr. Harley might have Storri helpless as Storri now had him. It was a case for delay; Mr. Harley must ...

— The President - A novel • Alfred Henry Lewis

... to bring doubt to the mind of the headquarters man awoke a vague distrust in that of Scanlon. The question of motive filled him with uneasiness—that as to the likelihood of a person other than young Burton being near enough to strike the death blow, turned him cold and helpless. ...

— Ashton-Kirk, Criminologist • John T. McIntyre

... government, co-operative power, and the larger self which can be found only in association. During this age and within his group the boy does not act as one possessing clear and independent moral responsibility. He acts as part of the gang, subject to its ideals, and practically helpless against its codes of conduct and ...

— The Minister and the Boy • Allan Hoben

... voice seemed to be taken at once as its prey by the silence. Even her thought seemed to be seized by it, and to be conveyed away from her like a living thing whose destiny it was to be slain. She felt paltry, helpless, unmeaning, in the midst of this arid breast of Nature, which was pale as the leper is pale. She felt chilled, even almost sexless, as if all her powers, all her passions and her desires, had been grasped by the silence, ...

— Bella Donna - A Novel • Robert Hichens

... Yaspard brought his boat alongside of the skerry. The castaway was lying on the turf, battered and helpless. He could only raise his hands, and watch the boy's movements with intense emotion; and it was evident he could not help in ...

— Viking Boys • Jessie Margaret Edmondston Saxby

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