powerlessness
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powerless (ˈpaʊəlɪs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| without power or authority | |
| 'powerlessly | |
| —adv | |
| 'powerlessness | |
| —n | |
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| powerless (ˈpaʊəlɪs) | |
| —adj | |
| without power or authority | |
| 'powerlessly | |
| —adv | |
| 'powerlessness | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
People were suffering from a sense of alienation from one another, of anomie, of powerlessness.
Yet at the same time, he's the face of the powerlessness sometimes even of absolute power.
In an election year, politicians can't be expected to acknowledge their powerlessness.
The elderly represent your own mortality, and your powerlessness to do anything but manage decline.
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