01 a. 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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Destitute of help or strength; unable to help or defend one's self; needing help; feeble; weak; as, a helpless infant.“How shall I then your helpless fame defend?” — Pope.
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Beyond help; irremediable.“Some helpless disagreement or dislike, either of mind or body.” — Milton.
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Bringing no help; unaiding.[Obs.]“Yet since the gods have been Helpless foreseers of my plagues.” — Chapman.
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Unsupplied; destitute; -- with of.[R.]“Helpless of all that human wants require.” — Dryden.