Helpless - English meaning

adjective

Without defence or protection; totally vulnerable.

Usage examples:

Attacks on defenceless civilians

adjective

Defenceless people, animals, places, or things are weak and unable to protect themselves from attack

Usage examples:

A small defenceless child, a defenceless city, they were defenceless against the enemy bombs.

adjective

Contingent on or determined by.

Usage examples:

The various benefits will be dependent on length of service

noun

Variant spelling of dependant.

noun

A person who relies on another, especially a family member, for financial support.

Usage examples:

A single man with no dependants

adjective

Not covered or hidden; visible.

Usage examples:

The venue featured beautiful hardwood floors and exposed brick walls

verb

Make (something) visible by uncovering it.

Usage examples:

At low tide the sands are exposed

adjective

Not covered; able to be seen

Usage examples:

He left some exposed wires that should be covered up.

adjective

Lacking physical strength, especially as a result of age or illness.

Usage examples:

By now, he was too feeble to leave his room

adjective

Weak

Usage examples:

A feeble joke, he’s pretty feeble, and has to use a cane to get around.

adjective

Unable to take effective action; helpless or powerless.

Usage examples:

He was seized with an impotent anger

adjective

Lacking the power or ability to change or improve a situation

adjective

Unable to do or achieve (something).

Usage examples:

Wilson blushed and was incapable of speech

adjective

Unable to do something

Usage examples:

She’s incapable of hurting a fly.

adjective

Without ability, influence, or power.

Usage examples:

Troops were powerless to stop last night's shooting

adjective

Without the power to do something or to prevent something from happening

Usage examples:

[ + to infinitive ] the government seems powerless to do anything about the rising price of oil.

adjective

Not protected or kept safe from harm or injury.

Usage examples:

Healthcare workers remained unprotected against hepatitis b infection

adjective

Not safe from injury, damage, or loss

Usage examples:

Many of our forests remain unprotected by environmental laws.

adjective

Exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.

Usage examples:

We were in a vulnerable position

adjective

Lacking the power to perform physically demanding tasks; having little physical strength or energy.

Usage examples:

She was recovering from flu, and was very weak

adjective

Lacking strength or energy, or likely to stop working or break

Usage examples:

After having been so sick, it’s not surprising you still feel weak., that old chair is very weak an…

adjective

Too low or not powerful enough to be successful or effective

Usage examples:

Weak growth/market share/results there was unexpectedly weak growth in corporate output in may., we…

adverb

In a way that lacks strength or force.

Usage examples:

She leaned weakly against the wall

adjective

Sickly; not robust.

Usage examples:

If the lambs were weakly we had to feed them by hand

adverb

In a way that lacks strength or energy

Usage examples:

"i’m feeling a little better now," he said weakly.