Helplessness - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈhelpləsnəs|
Brit.
|ˈhelpləsnəs|
noun
- powerlessness revealed by an inability to act (syn: weakness)
- the state of needing help from something
- a feeling of being unable to manage
- the state of needing help from something
- a feeling of being unable to manage
Extra examples
The civilians were helpless against their attackers.
Firefighters were helpless against the blaze.
I feel helpless. Isn't there anything I can do?
The crowd was helpless with laughter.
He was helpless with rage.
The bad weather added to the helplessness of the shipwrecked sailors.
No other colony showed such supine, selfish helplessness in allowing her own border citizens to be mercilessly harried
How can you shrug off a feeling of helplessness?
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