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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