- helplessness
- nounADJECTIVE▪ complete, utter▪ learned (esp. AmE)PHRASES▪ a feeling of helplessness, a sense of helplessness▪
A feeling of utter helplessness washed over him.
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helplessness — noun see helpless … New Collegiate Dictionary
helplessness — See helplessly. * * * … Universalium
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helplessness — help·less·ness || helplɪsnɪs n. weakness, inability to help oneself, powerlessness, defenselessness … English contemporary dictionary
