Definitions
unable to manage independently
Word origin
From Middle English helples, from Old English *helplēas (“helpless”) from Proto-Germanic *helpōlausaz, equivalent to help + -less. Compare Dutch hulpeloos (“helpless”), German hilflos (“helpless”), Danish hjælpeløs (“helpless”) and Swedish hjälplös (“helpless”).
Used in a sentence
“Then when you find yourself lyin' helpless in her arms You know you really love a woman”
“Rana Thanoptis: Are we good? Can I go? Shepard: You conducted brutal experiments on helpless test subjects. You helped Saren. You don't get to live.”
“A gaoler struck him, pushing him back in place in the hopeless, helpless line of prisoners.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Without aid”8 letters
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