powerless
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- powerlessly adverb
- powerlessness noun
Etymology
Origin of powerless
Example Sentences
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And still, for me, there is a troubled admiration for the Fox sisters’ advance within a society that insisted they stay powerless.
From Literature
They probably would have carried me right through walls and through fire and spears to get to Opal, so powerless was I against this magic, but with Frederick and Bruno, it was all too easy.
From Literature
All those moving parts for a player who only made it onto the park as a sub fielder while Australia were still mathematically alive, with Smith powerless to stop Sri Lanka and Pathum Nissanka's charge.
From BBC
"You kind of feel like you feel a bit unimportant; you feel like you're powerless. You feel like nothing is being done."
From BBC
He also said the organisation was "powerless to constrain the nuclear programme" of Tehran.
From BBC
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