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    [Adjective]  | "help*less" | \ ˈhel-pləs \


    1: lacking protection or support : defenseless

    2: marked by an inability to act or react

    3: not able to be controlled or restrained


    Origin: before 12th century ;

     See: ;

    [Adjective]  | "helpless" 


    1: lacking protection from danger or resistance against attack;


      * e.g., " ... after the storm we found a helpless baby bird that had fallen out of its nest "





    2: unable to act or achieve one's purpose;


      * e.g., " ... we watched, feeling helpless, as the vase slipped from her hand and crashed to the floor "





     [ "Helpless" ]

    1: Completely in love

      * e.g.,  ... "Ooooh girl,Daveed Diggs got me helpless" 


     [ "Helpless" ]

    2: Falling for someone

      * e.g.,  ... " Girl no,he has a girlfriend" 

     [ "helpless" ]

    1: When a shy person is into a guy but can't get the courage to go and talk to them.

      * e.g.,  ... Hey angelica look at that guy over there. 

     [ "helpless" ]

    1: The way you feel when you meet Alexander Hamilton. Especially for Elizabeth Schuyler.

      * e.g.,  ... Eliza: Boy you got me helpless. Look into your eyes and the sky's the limit I'm helpless. (...) You walked in and my heart went boom. (...) Grab my sister and whisper "Yo this one's mine." 

     [ "Helpless" ]

    1: It's when a person like me has some serious problems, romantically, at least. aka when you have daddy issues and are always talking about how much you wanna fuck Gee Way.

      * e.g.,  ... Alexis: geez, what's up with you and crushing on people 3x your age? He's 42, and you're barely 14!! Helena: sorry, I guess I'm helpless 

     [ "helpless romantic" ]

    1: Someone who can not control being romantic or having romantic thoughts.

      * e.g.,  ... Hannah is a helpless romantic 

     [ "self helpless" ]

    1: The condition of somebody that is unable to deal with life, usually found sitting around a neglected apartment with bad hair and bad outfit.

      * e.g.,  ... I saw Kenny at our high school reunion, he's still living with his parents and saving up for a camaro ...totally self helpless. 

     [ "Learned Helplessness" ]

    1: When a child/student gives you a perpetual "idk" face when you ask/they are asked, to do some menial task that is well within their ability to do so, but they want you to either do it for them, or just give them the answer.

      * e.g.,  ... Susie should stop displaying such obvious learned helplessness and tie her own damn shoelaces, the idiot is thirteen! The students suffer from a ridiculous amount of learned helplessness whenever they are asked to go over something their science teacher *just*freaking*disscused*. 

     [ "Learned Helplessness" ]

    1: A disease for which the main symptom is never learning how to do simple tasks for yourself. Always asking others to do things for you--especially in the workplace. A carrier of the disease is usually fully dependent on coworkers and the employees below them.

      * e.g.,  ... "Hey Susie, I'm going to need you to put postage on this for me. I just never learned how to use the postage machine...I have learned helplessness" "I've had learned helplessness ever since I got promoted to CEO. Can you copy this double-sided for me? I just can't bring myself to figure it out." 

     [ "Helpless Cat" ]

    1: When a cat is completely helpless.

      * e.g.,  ... -Will was a Helpless Cat today. 


     [ "Helpless Cat" ]

    2: This may result in him being pushed about at another persons whim.

      * e.g.,  ... -Leader completely owned him. 

     [ "wet and helpless" ]

    1: After a long night of drinking the next morning you are hung-over and in quite a bad place, you take a shower but mid shower you realize you need to puke, so you run to the toilet and pray to the porcelain gods, as you sit there heaving you are cold, shivering and soaking wet. Hence Wet and Helpless.

      * e.g.,  ... Dude, I just pulled a wet and helpless. 

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