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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are especially helpless" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a group of people or entities that are in a particularly vulnerable or powerless situation.
Example: "In times of crisis, children and the elderly are especially helpless and require additional support."
Alternatives: "are particularly vulnerable" or "are notably defenseless".
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The babies are especially helpless and comical and I fell in love with them immediately.
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Park is especially good at describing the helpless ignominy of being "terminated": "Jenny came in and Lizzie lingered by the door, just out of sight, listening.
The editorial hand is especially evident in the two stories from Playboy, "Helpless Little Things" and "We Live in Water".
Since females are in an especially helpless situation during copulation, they are particularly wary about bodily contact.
I decided that shooting anything, especially helpless little game animals, was Bad.
It might be no coincidence that our ancestors' brains became particularly large, and their babies perhaps especially helpless, around 1.8 million years ago.
She was helpless; he was helpless.
Because the infants of primates with large brains, especially apes and humans, are helpless for longer periods of time than other mammals, they are much more vulnerable to infanticide, and thus need more protection.
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