Thesaurus: helpless

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1. a. Destitute of help or strength; unable to help or defend one's self; needing help; feeble; weak; as, a helpless infant.
2. a. Beyond help; irremediable.
3. a. Bringing no help; unaiding.
4. a. Unsupplied; destitute; -- with of.
5. adj. lacking in or deprived of strength or power
6. adj. unable to function; without help
7. adj. unable to manage independently
8. 1. 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 Pope. 2. Beyond help; irremediable. Some helpless disagreement or dislike, either of mind or body. Milton. 3. Bringing no help; unaiding. [Obs.] Yet since the gods have been Helpless foreseers of my plagues. Chapman. 4. Unsupplied; destitute; -- with of. [R.] Helpless of all that human wants require. Dryden. -- Help"less*ly, adv. -- Help"less*ness, n.
9. j:100 s. lacking in or deprived of strength or power s. unable to function; without help s. unable to manage independently