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"ref": "1950, L. Ron Hubbard, Dianetics, New Era Publications, published 1999, →OCLC, page 10",
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"sense": "state of being helpless",
"word": "უმწეობა"
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"roman": "ozlat yad",
"sense": "state of being helpless",
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"word": "אוזלת יד"
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"sense": "state of being helpless",
"word": "kiszolgáltatottság"
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"sense": "state of being helpless",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "inopia"
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"sense": "state of being helpless",
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"word": "hjelpeløshet"
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"sense": "state of being helpless",
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"roman": "bespómoščnostʹ",
"sense": "state of being helpless",
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"roman": "bezsilie",
"sense": "feeling of inadequacy or impotence",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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"roman": "umc̣eoba",
"sense": "feeling of inadequacy or impotence",
"word": "უმწეობა"
},
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"roman": "uʒlureba",
"sense": "feeling of inadequacy or impotence",
"word": "უძლურება"
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"sense": "feeling of inadequacy or impotence",
"word": "tehetetlenség"
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "feeling of inadequacy or impotence",
"word": "tanácstalanság"
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"_dis1": "3 97",
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "feeling of inadequacy or impotence",
"word": "kétségbeesés"
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"sense": "feeling of inadequacy or impotence",
"word": "kétségbeesettség"
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"sense": "feeling of inadequacy or impotence",
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}
],
"word": "helplessness"
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"ref": "2021 October 8, Metroid Dread, Nintendo, Nintendo Switch, scene: Adam Briefing, level/area: Cataris",
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"The state of being helpless."
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "bezpomoštnost",
"sense": "state of being helpless",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "безпомощност"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "state of being helpless",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bezmocnost"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "umc̣eoba",
"sense": "state of being helpless",
"word": "უმწეობა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "state of being helpless",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Hilflosigkeit"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "ozlat yad",
"sense": "state of being helpless",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "אוזלת יד"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "state of being helpless",
"word": "kiszolgáltatottság"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "state of being helpless",
"word": "védtelenség"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "state of being helpless",
"word": "gyámoltalanság"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "state of being helpless",
"word": "magatehetetlenség"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "state of being helpless",
"tags": [
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"word": "ügyefogyottság"
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{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "state of being helpless",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "inopia"
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{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "state of being helpless",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "anheiltys"
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{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "state of being helpless",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "hjelpeløshet"
},
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "state of being helpless",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bezradność"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "state of being helpless",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bezbronność"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "state of being helpless",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bezsilność"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bespómoščnostʹ",
"sense": "state of being helpless",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "беспо́мощность"
},
{
"code": "sv",
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"sense": "state of being helpless",
"tags": [
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"word": "hjälplöshet"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "bezsilie",
"sense": "feeling of inadequacy or impotence",
"tags": [
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"word": "безсилие"
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{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "umc̣eoba",
"sense": "feeling of inadequacy or impotence",
"word": "უმწეობა"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "uʒlureba",
"sense": "feeling of inadequacy or impotence",
"word": "უძლურება"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "feeling of inadequacy or impotence",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Hilflosigkeit"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "feeling of inadequacy or impotence",
"word": "tehetetlenség"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "feeling of inadequacy or impotence",
"word": "tanácstalanság"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "feeling of inadequacy or impotence",
"word": "kétségbeesés"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "feeling of inadequacy or impotence",
"word": "kétségbeesettség"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "feeling of inadequacy or impotence",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "hjelpeløshet"
}
],
"word": "helplessness"
}
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