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