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Definition of Helpless
1. Adjective. Lacking in or deprived of strength or power. "Helpless with laughter"
2. Adjective. Unable to function; without help.
3. Adjective. Unable to manage independently. "As helpless as a baby"
Definition of Helpless
1. a. Destitute of help or strength; unable to help or defend one's self; needing help; feeble; weak; as, a helpless infant.
Definition of Helpless
1. Adjective. Unable to defend oneself or to act without help. ¹
2. Adjective. Uncontrollable. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Helpless
1. defenseless [adj] - See also: defenseless
Lexicographical Neighbors of Helpless
Literary usage of Helpless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"Railroads <8=a382 (6)—Presence on track In helpless condition did not defeat
recovery, where evidence to excuse presence was not insufficient. ..."
2. A Dictionary of Similes by Frank Jenners Wilstach (1916)
"helpless as a king of England. — EMERSON. helpless as an infant caterpillar in
a nest of hungry ants.—JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG. helpless as the dead. ..."
3. The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas by Edvard Westermarck (1908)
"In the opinion of Mr. Spencer, again, parental love is essentially love of the
weak or helpless. This instinct, he remarks, is not adequately defined as ..."
4. The woman in white by Wilkie Collins (1871)
"No father, no brother—no living creature hut the helpless, useless woman who
writes these sad lines, and watches by you for the morning, in sorrow that she ..."
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