helplessness

helplessness
I
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [Disability]
Syn. poor health, disorder, convalescence; see illness 1 , weakness 1 , 2 .
2. [Incompetence]
Syn. incapacity, weakness, failure; see inability .
II
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun The condition or state of being incapable of accomplishing or effecting anything: impotence, inadequacy, incapability, ineffectiveness, ineffectuality, ineffectualness, inefficacy, pow-erlessness, uselessness. See AFFECT, STRONG.

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