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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.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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