Helplessness
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helpless (ˈhɛlplɪs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | unable to manage independently |
| 2. | made powerless or weak: they were helpless from so much giggling |
| 3. | without help |
| 'helplessly | |
| —adv | |
| 'helplessness | |
| —n | |
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Helplessness
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| helpless (ˈhɛlplɪs) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | unable to manage independently |
| 2. | made powerless or weak: they were helpless from so much giggling |
| 3. | without help |
| 'helplessly | |
| —adv | |
| 'helplessness | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
But this is not a time for reticence, complacency, or helplessness.
So this way to overcome learned helplessness is totally unacceptable.
There may be a touch of validity to the frustrating helplessness of the couple faced by all of this murderous idiocy.
Abject helplessness combined with severe pain trumps everything.
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