"helpless" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈhɛlplɪs/ Audio: en-us-helpless.ogg [US] Forms: helpless [positive], more helpless [comparative], most helpless [superlative]
Etymology: help + -less Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|help|less}} help + -less Head templates: {{adj|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you are helpless, you cannot help or protect yourself.
    Sense id: simple-helpless-en-adj-~kCNs2ve
  2. If you are helpless with laughter, rage, or some other feeling, you cannot control it.
    Sense id: simple-helpless-en-adj-89wkppJW
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -less
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