helplessness

Meaning

  1. (uncountable, usually) The state of being helpless.
  2. (uncountable, usually) A feeling of inadequacy or impotence.

Synonyms

weakness
B2
powerlessness
impotency
impotence
24k

destitution

impuissance
awkwardness
30k
inability
C2
inaptitude
incapableness
incapacity
inefficiency
46k
loutishness
muff
21k
shiftlessness
ungainliness
unhandiness
unskillfulness

inaptitudeness

sloughiness

ineptness
isolation
C1
erectile dysfunction
maladroitness
disability
C2
necessity
C2
need
A1
disqualification
fecklessness
gaucherie
idiocy
27k
distress
C1
clumsiness
45k
poverty
C1
incapability
orphanism
disempowerment
incompetence
C2
incompetent
C1
disablement
ineptitude
Translations

Hilflosigkeit
impuissance
impotencia
desamparo
impotenza

impotència

feblesa

desempar

Ratlosigkeit

Unfähigkeit
debilitat
hulpeloosheid
Machtlosigkeit
Frequency

23k
Etymology

From helpless + -ness.

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