helpless

About 6.35 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Unable to defend oneself.
2. adjective Lacking help; powerless.
3. adjective Unable to act without help; needing help; feeble.
4. adjective Uncontrollable.

   a helpless urge

5. adjective From which there is no possibility of being saved.

Similar words

powerless weak hopeless incapacitated lost dependent unarmed powerlessness defenseless defenceless

Often followed by

and in to as before against victims victim condition

Word family

helplessly helplessness helplessnesses