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1. (adj.) helpless
unable to help oneself; weak or dependent.
2. helpless
without aid or protection.
3. helpless
deprived of strength or power; powerless; incapacitated:
helpless with laughter.
4. helpless
affording no help.
Etymology: (1125–75)
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| Definition of 'helpless' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) helpless, incapacitated
lacking in or deprived of strength or power
"lying ill and helpless"; "helpless with laughter"
2. (adj) helpless, lost
unable to function; without help
3. (adj) helpless
unable to manage independently
"as helpless as a baby"
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1. (adjective) helpless
unable to do things without help
a helpless baby animal; We watched helplessly as the building burned.; a feeling of helplessness
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| Definition of 'helpless' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) helpless
destitute of help or strength; unable to help or defend one's self; needing help; feeble; weak; as, a helpless infant
2. (adj) helpless
beyond help; irremediable
3. (adj) helpless
bringing no help; unaiding
4. (adj) helpless
unsupplied; destitute; -- with of
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Sense: needing the help of other people; unable to do anything for oneself
A baby is almost completely helpless.
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 Afrikaans: hulpeloos, onbeholpe, hul |
 Arabic: عاجِز، لا حول له ولا قُوّ |
 Bulgarian: безпомощен |
 Brazilian: desamparado |
 Czech: bezmocný |
 German: hilflos |
 Danish: hjælpeløs |
 Greek: ανίσχυρος, ανήμπορος |
 Spanish: desamparado; indefenso, d |
 Estonian: abitu |
 Farsi: درمانده |
 Finnish: avuton |
 French: faible, impuissant |
 Hebrew: חֲסַר אוֹנִים |
 Hindi: असहाय |
 Croatian: bespomocan |
 Hungarian: gyámoltalan |
 Indonesian: tak berdaya |
 Icelandic: ósjálfbjarga |
 Italian: indifeso, inerme |
 Japanese: 無力な |
 Korean: 스스로는 어떻게도 할 수 없는 |
 Lithuanian: bejėgis |
 Latvian: bezpalīdzīgs |
 Malay: tdk berdaya |
 Dutch: hulpeloos |
 Norwegian: hjelpeløs |
 Polish: bezradny |
 Persian: درمانده |
 Pashto: بې وسه ، بې وزلى ، بې مرس |
 Portuguese: desamparado |
 Romanian: neajutorat |
 Russian: беспомощный |
 Slovak: bezmocný |
 Slovenian: nebogljen |
 Serbian: bespomoćan |
 Swedish: hjälplös |
 Thai: หมดหนทาง |
 Turkish: yardıma muhtaç, eli böğrü |
 Taiwanese: 需要幫助的，無法自理的 |
 Ukrainian: безпорадний |
 Urdu: لاچار، بے یار و مددگار |
 Vietnamese: bất lực |
 Chinese: 无助的，无依靠的 |
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