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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈhɛlplɪs/ Audio: en-us-helpless.ogg Forms: more helpless [comparative], most helpless [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English helples, from Old English *helplēas (“helpless”) from Proto-Germanic *helpōlausaz, equivalent to help + -less. Compare Dutch hulpeloos (“helpless”), German hilflos (“helpless”), Swedish hjälplös (“helpless”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|helples}} Middle English helples, {{inh|en|ang|*helplēas|t=helpless}} Old English *helplēas (“helpless”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*helpōlausaz}} Proto-Germanic *helpōlausaz, {{suffix|en|help|less}} help + -less, {{cog|nl|hulpeloos||helpless}} Dutch hulpeloos (“helpless”), {{cog|de|hilflos||helpless}} German hilflos (“helpless”), {{cog|sv|hjälplös||helpless}} Swedish hjälplös (“helpless”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} helpless (comparative more helpless, superlative most helpless)
  1. Unable to defend oneself.
    Sense id: en-helpless-en-adj-tXfo6ZRV
  2. Lacking help; powerless. Translations (lacking help; powerless): tehetetlen (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-helpless-en-adj-vXZyehnc Disambiguation of 'lacking help; powerless': 1 92 6 0 1
  3. Unable to act without help; needing help; feeble. Translations (unable to act without help; needing help; feeble): অসহায় (ośohaẏ) (Bengali), 無助的 (Chinese Mandarin), 无助的 (wúzhù) (Chinese Mandarin), avuton (Finnish), désemparé (French), असहाय (ashāy) (Hindi), अशक्त (aśakt) (Hindi), magatehetetlen (Hungarian), gyámoltalan (Hungarian), 無力な (muryoku na) (alt: むりょくな) (Japanese), 무력하다 (muryeokhada) (Korean), mohemohe (Maori), paraheahea (Maori), беспо́мощный (bespómoščnyj) (Russian), не́мощный (némoščnyj) (Russian), incapaz (Spanish), desvalido (Spanish), безпора́дний (bezporádnyj) (Ukrainian), безпо́мічний (bezpómičnyj) (Ukrainian), безси́лий (bezsýlyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-helpless-en-adj-sclWeo-L Disambiguation of 'unable to act without help; needing help; feeble': 6 5 88 0 1
  4. Uncontrollable.
    Sense id: en-helpless-en-adj-yfznDom- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bengali translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Central Kurdish translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Igbo translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Khmer translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Malagasy translations, Terms with Maltese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Plautdietsch translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Urdu translations, Terms with West Frisian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 2 6 72 12 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 6 8 11 57 18 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 3 3 3 87 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 3 4 79 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 3 2 90 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 4 6 5 76 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 5 6 5 76 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Bengali translations: 4 6 5 77 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 8 6 6 73 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 4 5 5 78 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Central Kurdish translations: 1 1 1 94 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 5 6 6 73 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 2 3 3 88 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 4 6 5 78 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 3 4 3 84 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 4 5 5 79 7 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 5 5 5 79 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 4 5 5 79 7 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 4 5 5 78 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 10 4 9 67 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 5 5 6 74 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 10 4 9 66 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 2 3 3 86 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Igbo translations: 3 4 3 84 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 5 6 5 76 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 2 3 3 86 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 3 4 3 84 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Khmer translations: 5 6 5 76 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 5 6 5 76 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 3 4 3 84 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 4 6 5 76 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Malagasy translations: 5 6 5 76 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Maltese translations: 5 6 5 76 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 7 6 7 66 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 5 6 5 76 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 5 7 6 74 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Plautdietsch translations: 1 1 1 93 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 6 7 6 72 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 4 5 5 73 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 4 5 5 79 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 2 3 3 86 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 5 6 5 76 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 5 6 5 76 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 5 6 5 76 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 3 3 3 86 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 4 5 5 79 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 5 6 5 77 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 5 6 5 76 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Urdu translations: 5 6 5 77 8 Disambiguation of Terms with West Frisian translations: 7 8 8 68 10
  5. (obsolete) From which there is no possibility of being saved. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-helpless-en-adj-gimm03y-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: helplessly, helplessness Translations (unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless): عَاجِز (ʕājiz) (Arabic), бездапамо́жны (bjezdapamóžny) (Belarusian), бяспо́мачны (bjaspómačny) (Belarusian), бяссі́льны (bjassílʹny) (Belarusian), অক্ষম (okkhom) (Bengali), লাচার (lacar) (Bengali), নাচার (nacar) (Bengali), безпо́мощен (bezpómošten) (Bulgarian), безси́лен (bezsílen) (Bulgarian), indefens (Catalan), ناچار (naçar) (Central Kurdish), بێ دەسەڵات (bê desellat) (Central Kurdish), 無助的 (Chinese Mandarin), 无助的 (wúzhù) (Chinese Mandarin), 無力的 (Chinese Mandarin), 无力的 (wúlì de) (Chinese Mandarin), bezmocný (Czech), bezradný (Czech), hjælpeløs (Danish), hulpeloos (Dutch), senhelpa (Esperanto), avuton (Finnish), sans défense (French), უმწეო (umc̣eo) (Georgian), hilflos (German), αβοήθητος (avoḯthitos) (Greek), विवश (vivaś) (Hindi), असहाय (ashāy) (Hindi), अशक्त (aśakt) (Hindi), kiszolgáltatott (Hungarian), védtelen (Hungarian), senhelpa (Ido), enweghị enyemaka (Igbo), fágtha (Irish), indifeso (Italian), 無力な (muryoku na) (alt: むりょくな) (Japanese), ដែលឥតអនុភាព (dael ət a’nu’pʰiep) (Khmer), 무력하다 (muryeokhada) (Korean), inops (Latin), беспомошен (bespomošen) (Macedonian), немоќен (nemoḱen) (Macedonian), afa-manoatra (Malagasy), hilflose (Maltese), paraheahea (Maori), hjelpeløs (Norwegian Bokmål), halplooss (Plautdietsch), bezradny (Polish), bezsilny (Polish), bezbronny (Polish), indefeso (Portuguese), neajutorat (Romanian), беспо́мощный (bespómoščnyj) (Russian), бесси́льный (bessílʹnyj) (Russian), бе̏спомоћан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), bȅspomoćan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), bezmocný (Slovak), bezradný (Slovak), nemočni (Slovene), indefenso (Spanish), desamparado [masculine] (Spanish), hjälplös (Swedish), âciz (Turkish), безпо́мічний (bezpómičnyj) (Ukrainian), безси́лий (bezsýlyj) (Ukrainian), بے بس (be bas) (Urdu), مَجبُور (majbūr) (Urdu), helpleas (West Frisian)
Disambiguation of 'unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless': 45 1 14 38 2

Alternative forms

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      "word": "অক্ষম"
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      "word": "αβοήθητος"
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      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
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      "roman": "aśakt",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
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      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "kiszolgáltatott"
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      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "enweghị enyemaka"
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      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "fágtha"
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    {
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      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "indifeso"
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      "alt": "むりょくな",
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      "roman": "muryoku na",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "無力な"
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    {
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      "roman": "dael ət a’nu’pʰiep",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "ដែលឥតអនុភាព"
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      "roman": "muryeokhada",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "무력하다"
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    {
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      "roman": "naçar",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "ناچار"
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    {
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      "roman": "bê desellat",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "بێ دەسەڵات"
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      "word": "inops"
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      "word": "беспомошен"
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      "roman": "nemoḱen",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
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      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "afa-manoatra"
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      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "hilflose"
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      "word": "paraheahea"
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      "word": "hjelpeløs"
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      "word": "bezradny"
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    {
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      "word": "indefeso"
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      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "neajutorat"
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      "word": "беспо́мощный"
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      "word": "hjälplös"
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      "word": "âciz"
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      "word": "безпо́мічний"
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      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "بے بس"
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      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
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        "4": "helpless"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch hulpeloos (“helpless”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "hilflos",
        "3": "",
        "4": "helpless"
      },
      "expansion": "German hilflos (“helpless”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "hjälplös",
        "3": "",
        "4": "helpless"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish hjälplös (“helpless”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English helples, from Old English *helplēas (“helpless”) from Proto-Germanic *helpōlausaz, equivalent to help + -less. Compare Dutch hulpeloos (“helpless”), German hilflos (“helpless”), Swedish hjälplös (“helpless”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more helpless",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most helpless",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "helpless (comparative more helpless, superlative most helpless)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "help‧less"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1995, Bryan Adams, Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?:",
          "text": "Then when you find yourself lyin' helpless in her arms\nYou know you really love a woman",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: FTL Drive Codex entry:",
          "text": "Rana Thanoptis: Are we good? Can I go?\nShepard: You conducted brutal experiments on helpless test subjects. You helped Saren. You don't get to live.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Unable to defend oneself."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1966, James Workman, The Mad Emperor, Melbourne, Sydney: Scripts, page 41:",
          "text": "A gaoler struck him, pushing him back in place in the hopeless, helpless line of prisoners.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Lacking help; powerless."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "powerless",
          "powerless"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Unable to act without help; needing help; feeble."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "help",
          "help"
        ],
        [
          "feeble",
          "feeble"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "a helpless urge"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Uncontrollable."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Uncontrollable",
          "uncontrollable"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:",
          "text": "For, while they fly that gulf's devouring jawes,\nThey on the rock are rent and sunck in helplesse wawes.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "From which there is no possibility of being saved."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "save",
          "save"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) From which there is no possibility of being saved."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhɛlplɪs/"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-helpless.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/42/En-us-helpless.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕājiz",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "عَاجِز"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "bjezdapamóžny",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "бездапамо́жны"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "bjaspómačny",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "бяспо́мачны"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "bjassílʹny",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "бяссі́льны"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "okkhom",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "অক্ষম"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "lacar",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "লাচার"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "nacar",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "নাচার"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bezpómošten",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "безпо́мощен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bezsílen",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "безси́лен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "indefens"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "無助的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wúzhù",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "无助的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "無力的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wúlì de",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "无力的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "bezmocný"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "bezradný"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "hjælpeløs"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "hulpeloos"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "senhelpa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "avuton"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "sans défense"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "umc̣eo",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "უმწეო"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "hilflos"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "avoḯthitos",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "αβοήθητος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "vivaś",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "विवश"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "ashāy",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "असहाय"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "aśakt",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "अशक्त"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "kiszolgáltatott"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "védtelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "senhelpa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ig",
      "lang": "Igbo",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "enweghị enyemaka"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "fágtha"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "indifeso"
    },
    {
      "alt": "むりょくな",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "muryoku na",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "無力な"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "dael ət a’nu’pʰiep",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "ដែលឥតអនុភាព"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "muryeokhada",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "무력하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "naçar",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "ناچار"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "bê desellat",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "بێ دەسەڵات"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "inops"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "bespomošen",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "беспомошен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "nemoḱen",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "немоќен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mg",
      "lang": "Malagasy",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "afa-manoatra"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "hilflose"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "paraheahea"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "hjelpeløs"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "halplooss"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "bezradny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "bezsilny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "bezbronny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "indefeso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "neajutorat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bespómoščnyj",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "беспо́мощный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bessílʹnyj",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "бесси́льный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "бе̏спомоћан"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "bȅspomoćan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "bezmocný"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "bezradný"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "nemočni"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "indefenso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "desamparado"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "hjälplös"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "âciz"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bezpómičnyj",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "безпо́мічний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bezsýlyj",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "безси́лий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "be bas",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "بے بس"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "majbūr",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "مَجبُور"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "unable to defend oneself — see also defenseless",
      "word": "helpleas"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "lacking help; powerless",
      "word": "tehetetlen"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "ośohaẏ",
      "sense": "unable to act without help; needing help; feeble",
      "word": "অসহায়"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "unable to act without help; needing help; feeble",
      "word": "無助的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wúzhù",
      "sense": "unable to act without help; needing help; feeble",
      "word": "无助的"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "unable to act without help; needing help; feeble",
      "word": "avuton"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "unable to act without help; needing help; feeble",
      "word": "désemparé"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "ashāy",
      "sense": "unable to act without help; needing help; feeble",
      "word": "असहाय"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "aśakt",
      "sense": "unable to act without help; needing help; feeble",
      "word": "अशक्त"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "unable to act without help; needing help; feeble",
      "word": "magatehetetlen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "unable to act without help; needing help; feeble",
      "word": "gyámoltalan"
    },
    {
      "alt": "むりょくな",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "muryoku na",
      "sense": "unable to act without help; needing help; feeble",
      "word": "無力な"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "muryeokhada",
      "sense": "unable to act without help; needing help; feeble",
      "word": "무력하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "unable to act without help; needing help; feeble",
      "word": "mohemohe"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "unable to act without help; needing help; feeble",
      "word": "paraheahea"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bespómoščnyj",
      "sense": "unable to act without help; needing help; feeble",
      "word": "беспо́мощный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "némoščnyj",
      "sense": "unable to act without help; needing help; feeble",
      "word": "не́мощный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "unable to act without help; needing help; feeble",
      "word": "incapaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "unable to act without help; needing help; feeble",
      "word": "desvalido"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bezporádnyj",
      "sense": "unable to act without help; needing help; feeble",
      "word": "безпора́дний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bezpómičnyj",
      "sense": "unable to act without help; needing help; feeble",
      "word": "безпо́мічний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bezsýlyj",
      "sense": "unable to act without help; needing help; feeble",
      "word": "безси́лий"
    }
  ],
  "word": "helpless"
}

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