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Some tribes of birds will relieve and rear up the young and helpless, of their own and other tribes, when abandoned.
William Bartram

Meaning of "helpless" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HELPLESS

helpless  [ˈhɛlplɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HELPLESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Helpless is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HELPLESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of helpless in the English dictionary

The first definition of helpless in the dictionary is unable to manage independently. Other definition of helpless is made powerless or weak. Helpless is also without help.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HELPLESS


accomplice
əˈkɒmplɪs
complice
ˈkɒmplɪs
dripless
ˈdrɪplɪs
escapeless
ɪˈskeɪplɪs
gapless
ˈɡæplɪs
hapless
ˈhæplɪs
hopeless
ˈhəʊplɪs
pulpless
ˈpʌlplɪs
pumpless
ˈpʌmplɪs
sapless
ˈsæplɪs
shapeless
ˈʃeɪplɪs
sleepless
ˈsliːplɪs
soapless
ˈsəʊplɪs
stampless
ˈstæmplɪs
strapless
ˈstræplɪs
surplice
ˈsɜːplɪs
tapeless
ˈteɪplɪs
topless
ˈtɒplɪs
whelpless
ˈwelplɪs
zipless
ˈzɪplɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HELPLESS

help a person off with
help a person on with
help desk
help menu
help out
help screens
helpable
helper
helper T-cell
helpful
helpfully
helpfulness
helping
helping hand
helplessly
helplessness
helpline
Helpmann
helpmate
helpmeet

WORDS THAT END LIKE HELPLESS

bottomless
capless
cropless
flapless
hipless
hoopless
humpless
lipless
mapless
napless
pipless
rumpless
scalpless
shipless
slipless
snapless
soupless
stopless
tipless
trumpless
worshipless

Synonyms and antonyms of helpless in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «HELPLESS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «helpless» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of helpless

Translation of «helpless» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HELPLESS

Find out the translation of helpless to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of helpless from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «helpless» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

无能为力的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

indefenso
570 millions of speakers

English

helpless
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

असहाय
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عاجز
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

беспомощным
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

desamparado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অসহায়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sans défense
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak berdaya
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

hilflos
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

無力な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

무력한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ora ana
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bất lực
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உதவியற்ற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

असहाय्य
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çaresiz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

impotente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bezradna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

безпорадним
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

neajutorat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αβοήθητος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hulpeloos
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hjälplös
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hjelpeløs
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of helpless

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HELPLESS»

The term «helpless» is quite widely used and occupies the 24.406 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HELPLESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «helpless» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «helpless» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about helpless

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10 QUOTES WITH «HELPLESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word helpless.
1
Jack Henry Abbott
Because there is something helpless and weak and innocent - something like an infant - deep inside us all that really suffers in ways we would never permit an insect to suffer.
2
Archibald Alexander
If you were not a sinful, polluted, helpless, and miserable creature, this Savior would not be suited to you, and you would not be comprehended in his gracious invitations to the children of men.
3
Sherman Alexie
Certainly I'm angry at the way Indians have been treated and continue to be treated. But I don't think it's a helpless emotion.
4
James Baldwin
It is a very rare man who does not victimize the helpless.
5
William Bartram
Some tribes of birds will relieve and rear up the young and helpless, of their own and other tribes, when abandoned.
6
Nellie Bly
I always had a desire to know asylum life more thoroughly - a desire to be convinced that the most helpless of God's creatures, the insane, were cared for kindly and properly.
7
Daniel Boone
We were then in a dangerous, helpless situation, exposed daily to perils and death amongst savages and wild beasts, not a white man in the country but ourselves.
8
Pearl S. Buck
Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members.
9
Jane Welsh Carlyle
Never does one feel oneself so utterly helpless as in trying to speak comfort for great bereavement. I will not try it. Time is the only comforter for the loss of a mother.
10
Christopher Cross
I mean, it's pretty disillusioning for all of us right now, and we feel pretty helpless when Congress, their approval rating is thirteen percent, and across the board, whether you're a Democrat or a Republican, you sort of want to walk in and fire everybody.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HELPLESS»

Discover the use of helpless in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to helpless and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Helpless
. . "Palmer scores again with a terrific thriller that has it all." –Library Journal (starred review) "A compelling and deeply puzzling thriller." --The Associated Press "Warning: once you start reading this novel, you will not stop!
Daniel Palmer, 2013
2
Helpless Imperialists: Imperial Failure, Fear and Radicalization
Helpless Imperialists enquires into the relation between imperial exposure, fear, radicalization and violence and highlights moments of peripety bringing imperialist grandeur to collapse.
Maurus Reinkowski, Gregor Thum, 2012
3
Before My Helpless Sight: Suffering, Dying and Military ...
This book examines military victims of the First World War, looking at what could happen to a soldier from the moment he got on the train that brought him to the front, until the instant he was killed and buried.
Leo van Bergen, 2009
4
Helpless: A True Short Story
A dramatic short story from debut author and foster carer Rosie Lewis.
Rosie Lewis, 2013
5
Helpless: A Novel
Tapping into the fear that lies just below the surface of contemporary city life, Barbara Gowdy draws on her trademark empathy and precision to create a portrait of love at its most consuming and ambiguous and to uncover the volatile point ...
Barbara Gowdy, 2007
6
Helpless: Caledonia's Nightmare of Fear and Anarchy, and How ...
This is a book whose many revelations, never before reported, will shock and appall. But the last word should go to the author: "This book is not about aboriginal land claims.
Christie Blatchford, 2010
7
Helpless: The True Story of a Neglected Girl Betrayed and ...
Eight-year-old Marianne Harding, the eldest of five, was neglected by her slovenly mother and her violent alcoholic father.
Marianne Marsh, Toni Maguire, 2009
8
Managing Stress: Principles and Strategies for Health and ...
The helpless-hopeless personality, while less defined by various traits than the Type A or codependent personality, nevertheless is a stress-prone personality based on low self-esteem. Seligman (1975) was the first to study this personality  ...
Brian Luke Seaward, 2006
9
Sham: How the Self-Help Movement Made America Helpless
Self-help: To millions of Americans it seems like a godsend. To many others it seems like a joke. But as investigative reporter Steve Salerno reveals in this groundbreaking book, it’s neither—in fact it’s much worse than a joke.
Steve Salerno, 2005
10
Helpless: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases
Proceeds from this book are used to expand the content and coverage of Websters Online Dictionary (www.websters-online-dictionary.org).
‎2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HELPLESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term helpless is used in the context of the following news items.
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Victims felt 'helpless' during Jalan Imbi ruckus [Video] | theSundaily
KUALA LUMPUR: Helpless - that was how a victim described the scene where he and his friends were beaten senseless along with his car ... «The Sun Daily, Jul 15»
2
Helpless residents opt for tankers as water crisis hits Dadar - Iamin
of Mumbai South Central. Follow Us On b a · Home > Mumbai South Central > Helpless residents opt for tankers as water crisis hits Dadar ... «I am in dna of India, Jul 15»
3
Naruto Storm 4 Gives Kaguya Incredible Power, But You're Not …
Naruto Storm 4 Gives Kaguya Incredible Power, But You're Not Helpless. Kaguya has her Transportation Technique and her six dimensions, ... «Gameranx, Jul 15»
4
Blushing Anxiety Impacts Helpless Millions: Groundbreaking …
GREAT NECK, N.Y., July 10, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- It is a widely held belief that blushing is an involuntary response. Evidence that it can be controlled can be ... «PR Newswire, Jul 15»
5
HELPLESS CALCUTTA
A commuter tries to wave down a bus on a flooded Amherst Street on Friday morning. The bus did not stop. No buses stopped on the road, ... «Calcutta Telegraph, Jul 15»
6
Review: A schemer made helpless by desire
A fascinating character, Natalya is a scheming manipulator who becomes helpless in the face of her desire. However, Aislín McGuckin is too ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
7
'The freezing chill leaves you helpless': Terrifying RNLI advert shows …
This terrifying advert released by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution shows what it's like to drown. Two clips have been shared on YouTube ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
8
Review: A schemer made helpless by desire - Independent.ie
A fascinating character, Natalya is a scheming manipulator who becomes helpless in the face of her desire. However, Aislín McGuckin is too ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
9
Sensation-hungy media maligning me when I was helpless: Hema …
"As for the sensation-hungry media and a few members of the public, who had a field day maligning me even when I was helpless and in deep ... «Firstpost, Jul 15»
10
Charles Parfitt lay helpless on his apartment floor for SIX days …
For days, the brave man called out for help from the floor to no avail, without food or water and little to keep him warm. 'On the fifth day the ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»

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