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# helplessness

«helplessness» in Mova's school dictionary: **the state of being unable to act or help oneself** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (no plural in common use)

### meaning for a pupil

Helplessness is the state of being unable to act or help oneself. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/helplessness/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories, a hero feels helplessness when he cannot find his way or save someone

### examples

- The baby's helplessness made us protect her. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/helplessness/#x1)
- She felt helplessness as the storm grew. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/helplessness/#x2)
- His helplessness turned to hope when a friend arrived. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/helplessness/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «helplessness» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/helplessness/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.