helpless
IPA: hˈɛɫpɫʌs
adjective
- Unable to defend oneself.
- Lacking help; powerless.
- Unable to act without help; needing help; feeble.
- Uncontrollable.
- (obsolete) From which there is no possibility of being saved.
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Examples of "helpless" in Sentences
- I'm helpless in the face of that.
- The Machines decimated the helpless ships.
- He awakes but, stupefied with wine, is helpless.
- She was helpless before the wrath of the grandsire.
- In a torpid state, it is helpless and quickly killed.
- Arjuna was helpless before the wrath of the grandsire.
- It is the massacre of unarmed and helpless prisoners in jails.
- Immunization to and alleviation of learned helplessness in man.
- In the beginning, they preyed on only the young, the aged, the helpless.
- It is her destiny to be the protector of the helpless, and bringer of justice.
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