helpless
adjective
Origin of helpless
Related Words for helplessness
powerlessness, weakness, disorder, convalescence, inability, incapacity, failureExamples from the Web for helplessness
Contemporary Examples of helplessness
You may have felt, like I did, lots of emotions—but the most dangerous of them is helplessness.
The brokenness of the political system drives the former, and helplessness drives the latter.
A feeling of helplessness and its resulting paralysis are the enemy of the Good.
“I was humiliated at the thought of my helplessness,” he said.
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We entangle them in a web of fear, of helplessness and anguish.
Historical Examples of helplessness
We are not always marking time on the same spot of ignorance and helplessness.
The Conquest of FearBasil King
We cannot stop making them, but we can give them a name that conceals our helplessness.
The Devil's DictionaryAmbrose Bierce
She signified her helplessness with a quick and dainty movement of her hands.
The Black BagLouis Joseph Vance
It is, at its very plainest, mingled of a regard for hilarity and a regard for helplessness.
Alarms and DiscursionsG. K. Chesterton
But she would go on, until in my helplessness I remarked how beautiful the day had been.
The CavalierGeorge Washington Cable