with hands tied (adjective) helpless: incapable, incompetent; vulnerable
Sinonime: abandoned, basket-case,
debilitated, defenseless,
dependent,
destitute,
disabled,
exposed,
feeble,
forlorn,
forsaken, friendless, handcuffed,
impotent,
inefficient, inexpert, infirm,
invalid, over a barrel, paralyzed, pinned,
powerless,
prostrate, shiftless, tapped, tapped out,
unable, unfit, unprotected, up creek without paddle,
weak, with hands tied
Antonime: able,
capable,
competent,
enterprising,
independent,
resourceful,
skilled,
strong