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[ adjective ] lacking in or deprived of strength or power
Synonyms Examples "lying ill and helpless" "helpless with laughter" Used in print (Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)Actually they were helpless to do anything about the nationwide policy . (Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)Now , driving the horse and sulky borrowed from Mynheer_Schuyler , he felt as if every bone was topped by burning oil and that every muscle was ready to dissolve into jelly and leave his big body helpless and unable to move . (Whit Masterson, Evil Come, Evil Go....)But , admit or not , Bonner was helpless . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] unable to function; without help
Synonyms Used in print (William G. Pollard, Physicist and Christian....)Science has simply left us helpless and powerless in this important sector of our lives . We are left helpless to cope_with it because we do not dare speak of it as anything real for fear that to do so would imply a commitment to that which has already been discredited and proved false . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] unable to manage independently
Examples "as helpless as a baby" Used in print (Philip Reaves, "Who Rules the Marriage Bed?"...)She found she could cope_with all kinds of problems for which she was once considered too helpless . Related terms |
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