powerless

Meaning

  1. Lacking sufficient power or strength.
  2. Lacking legal authority.
  3. Without electricity or electrical power.

Synonyms

weak
B1
helpless
C1
feeble
C2
impotent
C2
ineffective
25k
dull
B2
soft
B1
ineffectual
45k
unable
B2
exhausted
B2
incapable
C1
languid
strengthless
feckless
49k
forceless
faint
B2
unnerved
49k
adynamic
enervated
poor
A1
inability
C2
incompetence
C2
incompetent
C1
inefficacious
inept
27k
infirm
42k
light
A1
limp
C1
listless
42k
little
A1
nugatory
paralysed
22k
paralytic
37k
pregnant
B1
prostrate
37k
slight
B2
slim
C1
small
A1
spiritless
tardy
27k
thin
B2
uncharged
underprivileged
29k
undynamic
useless
B1
vulnerable
B2
weakened
C2
week
A1
wimp
C2
worn out
Translations

impuissant
impotente
machtlos
impotente
kraftlos
impotente
machteloos

ανίσχυρος

impotens
ohnmächtig

sin poder

inops

nequiens

senza autorità

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpaʊɚləs/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
pouerles
In summary

From Middle English pouerles, powerles, equivalent to power + -less.

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