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Word:
helpless
IPA transcription: [h'ɛlpləs]
Pronunciations of helpless
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adverb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
helpless, incapacitated
Meaning:
lacking in or deprived of strength or power; "lying ill and helpless"; "helpless with laughter"
Synonyms:
helpless, lost
Meaning:
unable to function; without help
Synonyms:
helpless
Meaning:
unable to manage independently; "as helpless as a baby"
Usage examples
It made him quite helpless.
Will you serve a helpless god?
"You see," said Ann, "how helpless I am.
he delights in torturing helpless creatures!"
'Sir, I have no motive but to help the helpless.'
You can send her to the asylum for helpless women.
"Without money," said Menzhinsky, "we are helpless.
Usanga clawed the air and shrieked but he was helpless as a babe.
The girls in the carriage were smitten into helpless astonishment.
"Well a man has hands with which to use weapons, but a helpless quadruped has not.
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Learned helplessness
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Mourning dove
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Mortara case
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