Definitions for helplessness
help·less·ness

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. helplessness, weakness, impuissancenoun

   powerlessness revealed by an inability to act

   "in spite of their weakness the group remains active"

2. helplessnessnoun

   the state of needing help from something

3. helplessnessnoun

   a feeling of being unable to manage

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. helplessnessnoun

   The state of being helpless.

2. helplessnessnoun

   A feeling of inadequacy or impotence.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Helplessnessnoun

   Want of succour; want of ability.

   Etymology: from helpless.

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1. helplessness

   Helplessness is a state of being unable to take action, control situations, or protect oneself due to a perceived lack of capability, power, or resources. It can be referred to as a feeling of dependence, vulnerability, or incapability experienced in certain challenging or overwhelming circumstances. Helplessness is often associated with feelings of despair, passivity, and loss of hope.

Matched Categories

1. • Dependence
   • Depression
   • Powerlessness

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How to pronounce helplessness?

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How to say helplessness in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of helplessness in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of helplessness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of helplessness in a Sentence

1. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan:

   We cannot bear any longer to sit back and watch bodies of children and women washed ashore on the coasts of the Mediterranean and Aegean as a result of a forced helplessness, the solution of this crisis is through bringing down the tyrannic regime in Syria.

2. Stephanie Bonne:

   There is a feeling of helplessness like you're trying and trying, you're trying to push against the system, and yet the patients just keep coming and coming.

3. Marina Litvinovich:

   We, the Russian people, are against the war Putin has unleashed. We don’t support this war, it is being waged not on our behalf, i know that right now many of you feel desperation, helplessness, shame over Vladimir Putin’s attack on the friendly nation of Ukraine. But I urge you not to despair.

4. Mahatma Gandhi:

   Had we adopted non-violence as the weapon of the strong, because we realised that it was more effective than any other weapon, in fact the mightiest force in the world, we would have made use of its full potency and not have discarded it as soon as the fight against the British was over or we were in a position to wield conventional weapons. But as I have already said, we adopted it out of our helplessness. If we had the atom bomb, we would have used it against the British.

5. Agnieszka Sieradzka:

   The most interesting in these portraits are eyes -- a very strange helplessness, prisoners created portraits because the desire to have an image was very strong.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=helplessness
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Helplessness
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=helplessness
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=helplessness