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powerlessness

[pou-er-lis]

adjective

unable to produce an effect: a disease against which modern medicine is virtually powerless.

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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powerless (ˈpaʊəlɪs)

—*adj*
	without power or authority

'powerlessly

—*adv*

'powerlessness

—n

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