helpless
helpless is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Beyond help; irremediable. Some helpless disagreement or dislike, either of mind or body. Milton.
- 2.Bringing no help; unaiding. [Obs.] Yet since the gods have been Helpless foreseers of my plagues. Chapman.
- 3.Unsupplied; destitute; -- with of. [R.] Helpless of all that human wants require. Dryden. -- Help"less*ly, adv. -- Help"less*ness, n.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Definition-first questions whose answer is helpless.
- What is beyond help; irremediable. Some helpless disagreement or dislike, either of mind or body. Milton called?
- What is bringing no help; unaiding. [Obs.] Yet since the gods have been Helpless foreseers of my plagues. Chapman called?
- What is unsupplied; destitute; -- with of. [R.] Helpless of all that human wants require. Dryden. -- Help"less*ly, adv. -- Help"less*ness, n called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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