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Synonyms for helplessness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : help-lis
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɛlp lɪs



Définition of helplessness

Origin :
  • "unable to act for oneself," c.1200, from help (n.) + -less. Related: Helplessly; helplessness. In Middle English and later sometimes also "unable to give help, affording no help" (late 14c.), but this was never common.
  • noun disability
  • noun incompetence
Example sentences :
  • We are not always marking time on the same spot of ignorance and helplessness.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • We cannot stop making them, but we can give them a name that conceals our helplessness.
  • Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
  • She signified her helplessness with a quick and dainty movement of her hands.
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • It is, at its very plainest, mingled of a regard for hilarity and a regard for helplessness.
  • Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
  • But she would go on, until in my helplessness I remarked how beautiful the day had been.
  • Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable
  • Theodora was cruelly alive to the helplessness of her situation.
  • Extract from : « Gomez Arias » by Joaqun Telesforo de Trueba y Coso
  • And because of his helplessness, he could do nothing to relieve his pain and discomfort.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various
  • Helen nodded, and there was a sort of helplessness in her admission.
  • Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • It is indeed terrible, and the helplessness of our situation adds to its misery.
  • Extract from : « Homeward Bound » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • That helplessness, which I felt rather than saw, wove into the warp of my love.
  • Extract from : « Bardelys the Magnificent » by Rafael Sabatini

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