a. 1. Destitute of help or strength; unable to help or defend one's self; needing help; feeble; weak; as, a helpless infant. [ 1913 Webster ]
How shall I then your helpless fame defend? Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Beyond help; irremediable. [ 1913 Webster ]
Some helpless disagreement or dislike, either of mind or body. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. Bringing no help; unaiding. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Yet since the gods have been
Helpless foreseers of my plagues. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]
4. Unsupplied; destitute; -- with of. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Helpless of all that human wants require. Dryden.
-- Help"less*ly, adv. -- Help"less*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]