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All helplessness synonyms

help·less
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noun helplessness

  • disability — lack of adequate power, strength, or physical or mental ability; incapacity.
  • powerlessness — unable to produce an effect: a disease against which modern medicine is virtually powerless.
  • weakness — the state or quality of being weak; lack of strength, firmness, vigor, or the like; feebleness.
  • disorder — lack of order or regular arrangement; confusion: Your room is in utter disorder.
  • convalescence — Convalescence is the period or process of becoming healthy and well again after an illness or operation.
  • inability — lack of ability; lack of power, capacity, or means: his inability to make decisions.
  • incapacity — lack of ability, qualification, or strength; incapability.
  • failure — an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success: His effort ended in failure. The campaign was a failure.
  • feebleness — physically weak, as from age or sickness; frail.
  • vulnerability — capable of or susceptible to being wounded or hurt, as by a weapon: a vulnerable part of the body.
  • dependence — Your dependence on something or someone is your need for them in order to succeed or be able to survive.
  • defenselessness — The characteristic of being defenseless; vulnerability.
  • incompetence — the quality or condition of being incompetent; lack of ability.
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