helpless
/ˈhɛlplɪs/ adjective B1- Unable to defend oneself.
- Lacking help; powerless.
- Unable to act without help; needing help; feeble.
- Uncontrollable. · a helpless urge
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“They seem so helpless and frail.
I sat helpless and unhappy, staring into the fire.
But he had no arms at all, and, seeing this, the Scarecrow did not fear that so helpless a creature could prevent them from climbing the hill.
Marilla looked at Anne and softened at sight of the child’s pale face with its look of mute misery--the misery of a helpless little creature who finds itself once more caught in the trap from which it had escaped.
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