helpless
adjective
Origin of helpless
Related Words for helpless
defenseless, weak, impotent, disabled, unprotected, unable, paralyzed, forlorn, destitute, powerless, abandoned, debilitated, dependent, exposed, feeble, forsaken, friendless, inefficient, inexpert, infirmExamples from the Web for helpless
Contemporary Examples of helpless
“It's insane to see what the extreme version of that type of helpless anger combined with mental illness can create,” Cook wrote.
“No, the church has to be on the side of the most disadvantaged, of the poorest, of the helpless,” the padre tells us.
He saves the helpless from burning buildings and puppies from untimely deaths.
At the stage when you are a helpless baby, Mom is, literally, everything.
Helpless women and children are bombed in a U.N. shelter, and the overall toll passes 1,000.
Historical Examples of helpless
I remembered the helpless kid that Paralus confided to my care.
PhilotheaLydia Maria Child
John made a helpless gesture, and at a renewed call, went indoors.
The Armourer's PrenticesCharlotte M. Yonge
She fell to the floor in helpless, shrieking laughter when he came.
The SpendersHarry Leon Wilson
But she could not get her mother's feeling of him as a helpless, dependent thing.
Life and Death of Harriett FreanMay Sinclair
Nay, we must carry on and play the part of the helpless merchant.
The White CompanyArthur Conan Doyle