4
abandoned(verb, adjective, incompetent, vulnerable, incapable)
4
enfeebled(adjective, weak, thin, delicate, inadequate)
4
frail(adjective, weak, thin, delicate, shaky)
4
perplexed
4
unqualified(weak, skill, inadequate, unfit, inept)
4
useless(inadequate, inept, unable, unskilled, desperate)
4
weakened(adjective, weak, thin, delicate, shaky)
3
fatherless(adjective, impotence)
3
back
3
deserted
3
destitute(adjective, incompetent, vulnerable, incapable)
3
forsaken(adjective, incompetent, vulnerable, incapable)
3
friendless(adjective, incompetent, vulnerable, incapable)
3
guideless
3
high and dry(expression, idiom, adverb, abandoned, grounded)
3
impuissant(weak, skill, unfit, inept, powerless)
3
inadequate(adjective, strong, weak, ability, thin)
3
ineffective(adjective, weak, inadequate, incompetent, inept)
3
mystified
3
nonplussed
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