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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Helpless \Help"less\, a.
1. Destitute of help or strength; unable to help or defend
one's self; needing help; feeble; weak; as, a helpless
infant.
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How shall I then your helpless fame defend? --Pope.
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2. Beyond help; irremediable.
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Some helpless disagreement or dislike, either of
mind or body. --Milton.
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3. Bringing no help; unaiding. [Obs.]
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Yet since the gods have been
Helpless foreseers of my plagues. --Chapman.
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4. Unsupplied; destitute; -- with of. [R.]
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Helpless of all that human wants require. --Dryden.
-- {Help"less*ly}, adv. -- {Help"less*ness}, n.
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