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Definition of powerless - 3 dictionary results

pow⋅er⋅less

  [pou-er-lis]
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–adjective
1. unable to produce an effect: a disease against which modern medicine is virtually powerless.
2. lacking power to act; helpless: His legs crumpled, and he was powerless to rise.
Origin:
1545–55; power + -less

Related forms:
pow⋅er⋅less⋅ly, adverb
pow⋅er⋅less⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. ineffective. 2. feeble, impotent, prostrate, infirm.
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pow·er·less   (pou'ər-lĭs)   
adj.  
  1. Lacking strength or power; helpless and totally ineffectual.
  2. Lacking legal or other authority.
pow'er·less·ly adv., pow'er·less·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Powerless

Pow"er*less\, a. Destitute of power, force, or energy; weak; impotent; not able to produce any effect. -- Pow"er*less*ly, adv. -- Pow"er*less*ness, n.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : powerless
Spanish: impotente; sin autoridad,
German: machtlos,
Japanese: 無力な
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