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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Helpless \Help"less\, a.
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
helpless
adj 1: lacking in or deprived of strength or power; "lying ill and
helpless"; "helpless with laughter" [syn: {incapacitated}]
2: unable to function; without help [syn: {lost}]
3: unable to manage independently; "as helpless as a baby"
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