powerless

Adjective

Meaning

Destitute of power, force, or energy; weak; impotent; not able to produce any effect.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

vulnerable weak ineffective incapable incompetent helpless ineffectual impotent defenseless unarmed strengthless lowry unable dependent weakened
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Antonyms

powerful strong shogun almighty wow titan
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Phrases with the word

extremely powerless really powerless rendering powerless powerless position powerless nation absolutely powerless

Examples

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them. Nathaniel Hawthorne

Men are strong so long as they represent a strong idea they become powerless when they oppose it. Sigmund Freud

I grew up under Thatcher. I grew up believing that I was fundamentally powerless. Then gradually over the years it occurred to me that this was actually a very convenient myth for the state. Thom Yorke

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral. Paulo Freire

Against the beastly human being even the Gods are powerless. Czech Proverb

Along with leaving the users powerless in deciding what is distributed throughout the community, this makes the entire system vulnerable to threats and requests from the government and other large forces. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

powerism powerist powerlaw powerless nation powerless person powerless position