helplessness

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English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

helpless +‎ -ness

Noun [edit]

helplessness (usually uncountable; plural helplessnesses)

  1. The state of being helpless.
  2. A feeling of inadequacy or impotence.

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Translations [edit]

state of being helpless
feeling of inadequacy or impotence

External links [edit]

  • “helplessness” in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
  • helplessness in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
  • “impotence” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
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