Helpless
adjective
Not able to do something or stop something.
He felt helpless when his best friend moved away.
Often appears as...
- feel helpless
- look helpless
adjective
Unable to manage without help.
The baby is helpless and depends completely on adults.
Often appears as...
- completely helpless
- virtually helpless
adjective
Unable to protect oneself or to act without help.
The trapped miners were helpless until the rescuers arrived.
Often appears as...
- helpless victim
- helpless against
adjective
Not able to do something or stop something.
He felt helpless when his best friend moved away.
Often appears as...
- feel helpless
- look helpless
adjective
Unable to manage without help.
The baby is helpless and depends completely on adults.
Often appears as...
- completely helpless
- virtually helpless
adjective
Unable to protect oneself or to act without help.
The trapped miners were helpless until the rescuers arrived.
Often appears as...
- helpless victim
- helpless against
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/2Emotional Significance
Emphasizes a deep emotional state when one's ability to act is restricted by external forces or limitations.
Watching the devastation unfold, I felt utterly helpless.
Pro Tip 2/2No Control
Suggests situations where circumstances are beyond one's personal control, making one unable to influence the outcome.
She was helpless against the company's strict policies.
Pro Tip 1/2Emotional Significance
Emphasizes a deep emotional state when one's ability to act is restricted by external forces or limitations.
Watching the devastation unfold, I felt utterly helpless.
Pro Tip 2/2No Control
Suggests situations where circumstances are beyond one's personal control, making one unable to influence the outcome.
She was helpless against the company's strict policies.
Pro Tip 1/2Emotional Significance
Emphasizes a deep emotional state when one's ability to act is restricted by external forces or limitations.
Watching the devastation unfold, I felt utterly helpless.
Pro Tip 2/2No Control
Suggests situations where circumstances are beyond one's personal control, making one unable to influence the outcome.
She was helpless against the company's strict policies.
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Why we laugh PIPE Sophie...
that suggests there might be two kinds of laughs that we have. So it seems possible that the neurobiology for helpless, involuntary laughter, like my parents lying on the floor screaming about a silly song, might have a different basis to it than some of that more polite social laughter that you encounter, which isn't horrible laughter,
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The secret lives of baby...
that larvae may not be as helpless as they seem, and are capable of taking their fate in their own fins to maximize their chances of survival. The larvae of many species are unexpectedly strong swimmers, and can move vertically in the water column to place themselves in different water masses and preferentially ride certain currents.
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Embrace: Low-cost,...
could endure there's no more helpless of a feeling than watching your child die and yet in many of these communities not only do mothers lose their children they are blamed for these deaths I now know that a mother no matter how poor no
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Hair-Raising Hyena...
it's hard to believe a helpless newborn cub outranks even the oldest male in the clan with a ranking system like this finding a mate can't be easy for the males to try and understand more about the relationship between males and females
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The 'Busy' Life of the...
but why does it come down to the ground to do it? And why does it nearly always choose to do so in exactly the same place? Whatever the reason, it must be very important, for a sloth on the ground is almost helpless.
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BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
resistance and break through into the Royal bunker the Corral Queen and her broods are trapped and completely helpless held by each leg the queen is on the rack
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New-born Panda Reunited...
The keepers move the baby closer. The youngster cries out desperately for mum to pick her up but she still ignores the helpless baby.
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Best Of Ants PIPE BBC Earth
and her broods are trapped and completely helpless held by each leg the queen is on the rack
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Cat, Raccoon, or...
watches helplessly the Pangolin swims away and then climbs a branch
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Frog Defends Eggs From...
but these tadpoles are not as helpless as they might appear
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Why we laugh PIPE Sophie...
that suggests there might be two kinds of laughs that we have. So it seems possible that the neurobiology for helpless, involuntary laughter, like my parents lying on the floor screaming about a silly song, might have a different basis to it than some of that more polite social laughter that you encounter, which isn't horrible laughter,
Video examples
The secret lives of baby...
that larvae may not be as helpless as they seem, and are capable of taking their fate in their own fins to maximize their chances of survival. The larvae of many species are unexpectedly strong swimmers, and can move vertically in the water column to place themselves in different water masses and preferentially ride certain currents.
Video examples
Embrace: Low-cost,...
could endure there's no more helpless of a feeling than watching your child die and yet in many of these communities not only do mothers lose their children they are blamed for these deaths I now know that a mother no matter how poor no
Video examples
Hair-Raising Hyena...
it's hard to believe a helpless newborn cub outranks even the oldest male in the clan with a ranking system like this finding a mate can't be easy for the males to try and understand more about the relationship between males and females
Video examples
The 'Busy' Life of the...
but why does it come down to the ground to do it? And why does it nearly always choose to do so in exactly the same place? Whatever the reason, it must be very important, for a sloth on the ground is almost helpless.
Video examples
BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
resistance and break through into the Royal bunker the Corral Queen and her broods are trapped and completely helpless held by each leg the queen is on the rack
Video examples
New-born Panda Reunited...
The keepers move the baby closer. The youngster cries out desperately for mum to pick her up but she still ignores the helpless baby.
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Best Of Ants PIPE BBC Earth
and her broods are trapped and completely helpless held by each leg the queen is on the rack
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Cat, Raccoon, or...
watches helplessly the Pangolin swims away and then climbs a branch
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Frog Defends Eggs From...
but these tadpoles are not as helpless as they might appear
Example 1 of 10
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
French Philosopher
We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at birth, all that we need when we come to man's estate, is the gift of education.
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Robert Kennedy
American Politician
In the final analysis, poverty is a condition of helplessness - of inability to cope with the conditions of existence in our complex society.
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Rainer Maria Rilke
German Poet
Perhaps everything terrible is in its deepest being something helpless that wants help from us.
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Jillian Michaels
American Athlete
If there's something I hate the most, it's feeling helpless, powerless.
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Ted Lieu
American Politician
When tragedy strikes, feeling helpless is understandable.
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Mason Cooley
American Writer
Kafka: cries of helplessness in twenty powerful volumes.
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B. F. Skinner
American Psychologist
Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless.
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H. D. Kumaraswamy
Indian Politician
I'm an emotional person, but it is not my helplessness.
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Euripides
Greek Poet
The bold are helpless without cleverness.
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Deepak Chopra
American Speaker
Victims always feel alone and helpless.
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
French Philosopher
We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at birth, all that we need when we come to man's estate, is the gift of education.
Quote examples
Robert Kennedy
American Politician
In the final analysis, poverty is a condition of helplessness - of inability to cope with the conditions of existence in our complex society.
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Rainer Maria Rilke
German Poet
Perhaps everything terrible is in its deepest being something helpless that wants help from us.
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Jillian Michaels
American Athlete
If there's something I hate the most, it's feeling helpless, powerless.
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Ted Lieu
American Politician
When tragedy strikes, feeling helpless is understandable.
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Mason Cooley
American Writer
Kafka: cries of helplessness in twenty powerful volumes.
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B. F. Skinner
American Psychologist
Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless.
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H. D. Kumaraswamy
Indian Politician
I'm an emotional person, but it is not my helplessness.
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Euripides
Greek Poet
The bold are helpless without cleverness.
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Deepak Chopra
American Speaker
Victims always feel alone and helpless.
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