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Meanings of helplessness in English

Portuguese
fraqueza
Catalan
fluixedat
Spanish
impotencia

Powerlessness revealed by an inability to act.

        fraqueza
        Russian
        беспомощность
        Spanish
        impotencia

        Negative or depressing feeling of not being able to find a solution to a personal problem.

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              беспомощность
              Usage of helplessness in English
              1
              She reveled in his helplessness, rolled in it like Verdi in catnip.
              O+F
              2
              The silence was the worst of it, the silence and the helplessness.
              Ayesha, the Return of She
              3
              PC parents will no longer tolerate Splinter's fractured English or April's helplessness.
              Wired
              4
              All the latent maternity in the child rose to succor his helplessness.
              Miss Mink's Soldier and Other Stories
              5
              Afterward, in his little room, he writhed in the agony of helplessness.
              Truxton King: A Story of Graustark
              6
              Underlying it all, says Dr Possamai-Inesedy, is a growing sense of helplessness.
              News.com.au
              7
              He was doing something in the interest of helplessness and of HER.
              Maruja
              8
              The long and solitary days passed away in this inaction and helplessness.
              Jack / 1877
              9
              Kenkenes did not remain long in the apathy of amazement and helplessness.
              The Yoke / A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Chil...
              10
              The terrible helplessness of the people, their ignorance, and isolation are terrible.
              The Lady of the Decoration
              11
              I didn't feel any despair or anger-justa deep sense of helplessness.
              Kafka on the Shore
              12
              Sometimes I am disgusted with the dirt and helplessness of the people.
              London's Underworld
              13
              Born of helplessness and confusion, the Conference ended in a pitiful fiasco.
              From October to Brest-Litovsk
              14
              Their surfing skills were solid, in contrast to their helplessness on land.
              Blind willow, sleeping woman
              15
              With a sense of our own helplessness and dependence upon God; 3d.
              A Catechism of Christian Doctrine
              16
              George made a gesture of helplessness; but Gloster turned to the three.
              Gunman's Reckoning
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              Translations for helplessness
              Portuguese
              fraqueza
              Spanish
              impotencia
              Helplessness through the time
              Helplessness across language varieties
              United Kingdom
              Common
              United States of America
              Common