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Discover LudwigThe phrase "helpless to do" is grammatically correct and commonly used in written English.
It is typically used to describe a situation where someone is unable to do something, despite their desire or efforts to do so. Example: Despite his best efforts, John was helpless to do anything to save the drowning child in the river.
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Is the administration helpless to do anything about that?
Even Drew Brees has been helpless to do anything about it.
Reporters understand how this process works, but they've usually been helpless to do anything about it.
"I have never seen Tony so distraught and I felt helpless to do anything".
The Yankees fell behind early and were helpless to do much about it.
It was a two-run deficit, but the Mets looked helpless to do anything about it.
If they want to overthrow the Taliban, they are helpless to do it.
Many residents in Rosebank said they felt helpless to do anything about the plant.
Now helpless to do anything for themselves, they began a life of sitting and waiting.
But he said he had seen things that troubled him that he felt helpless to do anything about.
Especially painful, readers said, was witnessing a loved one's suffering and feeling helpless to do anything about it.
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