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helpless

adj. lacking in or deprived of strength or power; "lying ill and helpless"; "helpless with laughter"

helpless

adj. lacking in or deprived of strength or power; "lying ill and helpless"; "helpless with laughter"

lost

adj. unable to function; without help

defenseless, defenceless

adj. lacking protection or support; "a defenseless child"

unqualified, incapable

adj. lacking the necessary skill or knowledge etc.; "an incapable helper"

incapable

adj. (followed by `of') lacking capacity or ability; "incapable of carrying a tune"; "he is incapable of understanding the matter"; "incapable of doing the work"

unreformable, irredeemable, irreclaimable, unredeemable

adj. insusceptible of reform; "vicious irreclaimable boys"; "irredeemable sinners"

irrevocable, irrevokable

adj. incapable of being retracted or revoked; "firm and irrevocable is my doom"- Shakespeare

susceptible

adj. (often followed by `of' or `to') yielding readily to or capable of; "susceptible to colds"; "susceptible of proof"

open, exposed

adj. with no protection or shield; "the exposed northeast frontier"; "open to the weather"; "an open wound"

weak, powerless

adj. lacking power

vulnerable

adj. capable of being wounded or hurt; "vulnerable parts of the body"

disabled, hors de combat, out of action

adj. so badly injured as to be excused from continuing; "disabled veterans"

nerveless, feeble

adj. lacking strength; "a weak, nerveless fool, devoid of energy and promptitude"- Nathaniel Hawthorne

helpless

adj. lacking in or deprived of strength or power; "lying ill and helpless"; "helpless with laughter"

unable, ineffective, impotent, ineffectual

adj. lacking in power or forcefulness; "an ineffectual ruler"; "like an unable phoenix in hot ashes"

overcome, swamped, engulfed, overwhelmed, overpowered

adj. sunk by being filled with water; "a swamped boat"

nerveless, feeble

adj. lacking strength; "a weak, nerveless fool, devoid of energy and promptitude"- Nathaniel Hawthorne

helpless

adj. lacking in or deprived of strength or power; "lying ill and helpless"; "helpless with laughter"

unable, ineffective, impotent, ineffectual

adj. lacking in power or forcefulness; "an ineffectual ruler"; "like an unable phoenix in hot ashes"

overcome, swamped, engulfed, overwhelmed, overpowered

adj. sunk by being filled with water; "a swamped boat"

abject, resigned, unhopeful

adj. showing utter resignation or hopelessness; "abject surrender"

black, dim, bleak

adj. offering little or no hope; "the future looked black"; "prospects were bleak"; "Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult"- J.M.Synge; "took a dim view of things"

depressed, despairing, despondent, heartsick

adj. without or almost without hope; "despondent about his failure"; "too heartsick to fight back"

desperate, forlorn

adj. "a hopeless attempt"

futureless

adj. having no prospect or hope of a future

gloomy, pessimistic

adj. characterized by hopelessness; filled with gloom; "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"; "gloomy predictions"; "a gloomy silence"; "took a grim view of the economy"; "the darkening mood"

incurable

adj. "a hopeless case"

insoluble

adj. without hope of solution; "an insoluble problem"

open, open to, assailable, undefendable, undefended

adj. not defended or capable of being defended; "an open city"; "open to attack"

compromising

adj. vulnerable to danger especially of discredit or suspicion; "she found herself in a compromising situation"

endangered

adj. (of flora or fauna) in imminent danger of extinction; "an endangered species"

unsafe, insecure

adj. not safe from attack

penetrable

adj. capable of being penetrated; "penetrable defenses"

threatened

adj. (of flora or fauna) likely in the near future to become endangered; "the spotted owl is a threatened species, not yet an endangered one"

under attack, under fire

adj. subjected to enemy attack or censure; "an official under fire for mismanagement"

unguarded, unprotected

adj. lacking protection or a guard; "an unguarded gate"; "his unguarded queen was open to attack"

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