helplessness

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

helpless +‎ -ness

[edit] Noun

helplessness (usually uncountable; plural helplessnesses)

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

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[edit] See also

[edit] Translations

state of being helpless
feeling of inadequacy or impotence

[edit] External links

  • “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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