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helpless Adjective 1. unable to manage independently 2. made weak: it reduced her to helpless laughter helplessly adv
helplessness n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
helpless adjective 1. vulnerable, exposed, unprotected, defenceless, abandoned, dependent, stranded, wide open, forlorn, destitute << OPPOSITE invulnerable adjective 2. powerless, weak, disabled, incapable, challenged, paralysed, incompetent, unfit, feeble, debilitated, impotent, infirm << OPPOSITE powerful |
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| That the man was tied and helpless Sheeta could, of course, see; but that to the mind of the panther this would carry any suggestion of harm in so far as his master was concerned, Tarzan could not guess. Of course I said fair and square at once what I had done, and why; then I showed the master the flies, some crushed and some crawling about helpless, and I showed him the wings on the window sill. A strong breeze soon fanned the spark into a flame, and the eaglets, as yet unfledged and helpless, were roasted in their nest and dropped down dead at the bottom of the tree. |
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