Helpless — doomed (4)
I believe the answer is:
lost
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">I believe this is a double definition.<br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">helpless</span>' is the first definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that helpless can be written as lost)</span><br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">doomed</span>' is the second definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that doomed can be written as lost)</span><br/ ><br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for lost that I've seen before include "See 8" , "TV show" , "Baffled" , "Mislaid or was defeated" , "Mislaid or astray" .)