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беспомощно adv.stresses
gen. blankly; helplessly; impotently (It irritated him to have to sit impotently in silence. OALD. • We could only watch impotently [=helplessly] as the fire consumed our home. MWLAD Alexander Demidov); shiftlessly (Anglophile)
Gruzovik without help
context. unhelpfully (he stood by unhelpfully while the house burned down Antondyakov)
inf. in over one's head
slang in over one's head
беспомощный adj.
gen. helpless; shiftless; feckless; aidless; clueless; haveless; succourless; impotent; silly; hamstrung (Unka77); in the toils (в трудном положении, в беде); stranded (Albonda); ineffectual; destitute; callow (MichaelBurov); inept (в какой-то области alikssepia); resistless; supportless; unassisted; unbacked; utterly without merit; hopeless
Gruzovik forlorn
context. vulnerable (Abysslooker)
disappr. inept (having or showing no skill; clumsy: Truss is way way out of her depth. She is worse than useless. I have no doubts they completely dismiss anything she says, and even their old asset Bunter is proving completely inept. -- продемонстрировал свою полную беспомощность reddit.com ART Vancouver)
econ. powerless
Gruzovik, fig. feeble; effete
idiom. couldn't organise a fart in a baked bean factory (SirReal)
inf. numpty (andriy f); bumbling (george serebryakov)
Makarov. thin; under the cosh
obs. redressless; reliefless; succorless; unaidable; unhelped; unstrengthened
poetic assistless
slang skywest
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