HELPLESSNESS Synonyms

• a flaw or weak point

• powerlessness revealed by an inability to act

• the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain

• the condition of being financially weak

• a penchant for something even though it might not be good for you

• the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else

• being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)

• a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country

• a state in which all hope is lost or absent

• desperate recklessness

• the despair you feel when you have abandoned hope of comfort or success

• lack of an adequate quantity or number

• a lack of competence

• unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate

• lack of intellectual power

• lack of physical or natural qualifications

• the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble

• the state of being vulnerable or exposed

• susceptibility to injury or attack

• powerlessness revealed by an inability to act