2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Beyond help; irremediable. [1913 Webster] Some helpless disagreement or dislike, either of mind or body. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. Bringing no help; unaiding. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Yet since the gods have been Helpless foreseers of my plagues. --Chapman. [1913 Webster] 4. Unsupplied; destitute; -- with of. [R.] [1913 Webster] Helpless of all that human wants require. --Dryden. -- {Help"less*ly}, adv. -- {Help"less*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: helplessly adv : in a helpless manner; "the crowd watched him helplessly" [syn: {impotently}, {unable to help}]
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