An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
HELPLESS
helpless
(adjective) unable to manage independently; “as helpless as a baby”
helpless, lost
(adjective) unable to function; without help
helpless, incapacitated
(adjective) lacking in or deprived of strength or power; “lying ill and helpless”; “helpless with laughter”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
helpless (comparative more helpless, superlative most helpless)
Unable to defend oneself.
Lacking help; powerless.
Unable to act without help; needing help; feeble.
Uncontrollable.
(obsolete) From which there is no possibility of being saved.
Source: Wiktionary
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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