helpless

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Positive
helpless

Comparative
more helpless

Superlative
most helpless

  1. If you are helpless, you cannot help or protect yourself.
    The rich man becomes helpless when he cannot catch his train.
  2. If you are helpless with laughter, rage, or some other feeling, you cannot control it.