ppl. a. (UN-1 10.)
1694. Dryden, Love Triumph., IV. i. They stretch their unassisting Hands in vain, But none will plunge into the raging Main, To save the sinking Passenger from Death.
1716. Pope, Iliad, V. 395. Nor Sthenelus, with unassisting hands, Remaind unheedful of his lords commands.