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.[1913 Webster]
How shall I then your helpless fame defend?Pope.
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2. Beyond help; irremediable.
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Some helpless disagreement or dislike, either of mind or body.Milton.
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3. Bringing no help; unaiding.
[Obs.]
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Yet since the gods have beenChapman.
Helpless foreseers of my plagues.
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4. Unsupplied; destitute; -- with of.
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Helpless of all that human wants require.Dryden.
-- Help"less*ly,
adv. -- Help"less*ness,
n.
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