Unable to defend oneself.
Then when you find yourself lyin' helpless in her arms You know you really love a woman
Lacking help; powerless.
A gaoler struck him, pushing him back in place in the hopeless, helpless line of prisoners.
Unable to act without help; needing help; feeble.
From Middle English helples, from Old English *helplēas (“helpless”) from Proto-Germanic *helpōlausaz, equivalent to help + -less. Compare Dutch hulpeloos (“helpless”), German hilflos (“helpless”), Da...
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