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2. helpless, unable to do anything, dependent, unable to help oneself; weak, feeble, frail, infirm, Pathol. asthenic, Rare, imbecile; disabled, incapacitated, Fr. hors de combat, sidelined, debilitated, decrepit, invalid, crippled, lame, hobbled, paralyzed, paralytic, Pathol, paraplegic; enervated, devitalized, enfeebled, effete, sapless, emasculated, faint, washed-out, SI. wasted, Pathol, adynamic; exhausted, spent, worn-out, all in, done in or for, laid up, flat on one's back, prostrate.
3. defenseless, unarmed, weaponless; unguarded, unprotected, unfortified, open to attack, wide open, exposed, naked, uncovered; vulnerable, pregnable, penetrable, invadable, attackable, assaultable, ex-pugnable, vincible, conquerable; insecure, unsafe, dangerous, perilous, precarious; assailable, without defense, resourceless, with nowhere to turn; without recourse, over a barrel, on the ropes.
powwow, n. 1. (among North American Indians) ceremony, ceremonial, rite, ritual, formality, service; celebration, festival, fete, carnival, feast; party, festivity, dance, happening, extravaganza, Inf. shindig, SI. wing-ding.
2. conference, parley, Archaic, parle, palaver, consultation, huddle, tete-^-tete, SI. rap or rap session; dialogue, interchange, discourse, discussion, talk; colloquy, colloquium, forum, round table; meeting, summit, congress, caucus, council, conclave, assembly, parliament; deliberation, negotiation.
-v. 3. confer, hold a conference, parley, palaver, consult, Inf. put heads together, Inf. huddle, Inf. go into a huddle; discuss, talk over, exchange views, compare notes, have a dialogue or interchange; deliberate, negotiate, Inf. talk turkey; convene, meet, caucus, sit down together.
pox, n. 1. Pathology, smallpox, Pathol, variola; chicken pox, Pathol, varicella.
2. Informal, venereal disease, VD, social disease, SI. Cupid's itch; syphilis, Inf. syph, French pox.
practicability, n. 1. feasibility, possibility, workability, attainability, doability, achievability.
2. usefulness, practicality, efficaciousness, effectiveness; use, handiness, value, advantageousness, advantage, expediency.
practicable, adj. 1. feasible, possible, within the realm of possibility, within one's powers; workable, doable, accomplishable, performable, achievable, attainable, effectible; likely, suitable.
2. useful, utilitarian, banausic. See - practical (def. 2).
practical, adj. 1. commonplace, matter-of-fact, SI. nuts-and-bolts, workaday, everyday, day-to-day; mundane, ordinary, customary, usual, undistinguished.
2. utilitarian, useful, Obs. utile, banausic; pragmatic, applicatory, efficient, workable, serviceable; efficacious, effective, working; handy, profitable, worthwhile, valuable, advantageous.
3. experienced, knowing, versed, practiced, skilled, trained; proficient, qualified, competent, capable, able, skillful.
4. sensible, down-to-earth, realistic, wise, sagacious; businesslike, all-business, hard-nosed, hard-headed, tough, unsentimental, unromantic; judicious, prudent, politic, expedient, shrewd, canny, sharp, astute, clever; cunning, crafty, subtle.
5. humdrum, prosaic, dull, vapid, flat, insipid, unanimated; tedious, tiresome, boring, uninteresting; banal, trite, hackneyed, platitudinous, bromidic.
practically, adv. 1. virtually, in effect, substantially, morally, for all intents and purposes; actually, essentially, fundamentally, basically.
2. realistically, matter-of-factly, clearly, unsentimentally; sensibly, with common sense, prudently, judiciously; getting down to business, getting down to brass tacks, to the point, pointedly; simply, with no frills, ordinarily.
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