"helpless" meaning in English

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "help",
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  "etymology_text": "help + -less",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "helpless",
      "tags": [
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "more helpless",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most helpless",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
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  "hyphenation": "help‧less",
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The rich man becomes helpless when he cannot catch his train."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you are helpless, you cannot help or protect yourself."
      ],
      "id": "simple-helpless-en-adj-~kCNs2ve"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "If you are helpless with laughter, rage, or some other feeling, you cannot control it."
      ],
      "id": "simple-helpless-en-adj-89wkppJW"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhɛlplɪs/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-helpless.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "helpless"
}

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    "Terms suffixed with -less"
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  "etymology_text": "help + -less",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "helpless",
      "tags": [
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "more helpless",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most helpless",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The rich man becomes helpless when he cannot catch his train."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you are helpless, you cannot help or protect yourself."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "If you are helpless with laughter, rage, or some other feeling, you cannot control it."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhɛlplɪs/"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-helpless.ogg",
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    }
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  "word": "helpless"
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