powerless

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Adjective 1.1.1 Derived terms 1.1.2 Translations

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powerless (comparative more powerless, superlative most powerless)

1. Lacking sufficient power or strength.

   You are powerless to stop me

   • 1914, James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man:

     It is said that his right arm had grown powerless from having been raised so often over the heads of those whom he baptized.

2. Lacking legal authority.

   The traffic warden was powerless to stop me driving away.

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• powerlessness

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