helplessness

🇺🇸 /ˈhelpləsnəs/ 🇬🇧 /ˈhelpləsnəs/
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noun
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The state of being unable to act or react to a situation, often because you lack the power or resources to change it.

Stranded in the desert without supplies, his helplessness deepened with each passing hour.

translation

n. The state of being unable to act or react to a situation, often because you lack the power or resources to change it.

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Plural helplessnesses