What does Powerless mean?
Definitions for Powerless
ˈpaʊ ər lɪspow·er·less
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Powerless.
Princeton's WordNet
powerlessadjective
lacking power
Wiktionary
powerlessadjective
Lacking sufficient power or strength.
You are powerless to stop me
powerlessadjective
Lacking legal authority.
The traffic warden was powerless to stop me driving away.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Powerlessadjective
Weak; impotent.
Etymology: from power.
I give you welcome with a pow’rless hand,
But with a heart full of unstained love. William Shakespeare.
Wikipedia
Powerless
Powerless is a song by American rock band Linkin Park. The song was written by the band and produced by co-lead vocalist Mike Shinoda and Rick Rubin. Its working title was "Tinfoil", which instead ended up serving as the intro to the song. It was released on iTunes as a digital single from the soundtrack of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter on October 31, 2012, in Japan. The song was also released as a single worldwide through the official website of the band. The song was released as the third single from the album Living Things. The release included the "Powerless" artwork and featured just the one track.
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powerless
Powerless refers to lacking strength, influence, or authority. It describes a state or condition where one doesn't possess the ability, right, or resources to effect, transform, or control a particular situation, event, or person. This term can be used in a variety of contexts, such as social, political, legal, or personal circumstances. In essence, being powerless means lacking the capacity or potency to take action or make a difference.
Webster Dictionary
Powerlessadjective
destitute of power, force, or energy; weak; impotent; not able to produce any effect
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Powerless in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Powerless in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of Powerless in a Sentence
Television is simultaneously blamed, often by the same people, for worsening the world and for being powerless to change it.
You don't expect that kind of intimacy from someone so powerful and someone who you just have no relationship whatsoever to touch you and to feel you and to be so close to you in that way, so I frankly just didn't even know how to react. I was just shocked. I felt powerless. I felt like I couldn't move. I just didn't even know how to process it.
This is a test case for whether rule of law really means anything in Thailand when the poor and powerless take on a state agency that has been negligent, if the (Pollution Control Department) can defy an order from the Supreme Administrative Court without facing severe consequences, it spreads the word that government agencies can do what they want.
I am no cat's friend. I know too much for friendship. Be glad that you will never be burdened with the knowledge that I have. My curse is to live forever, knowing what has been and what has yet to be, powerless to change anything.
In some ways it is reminiscent of 2008 with tightening credit markets, bank shares under pressure and worries central banks are powerless.
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- bezmocnýCzech
- kraftlos, machtlosGerman
- ανίσχυροςGreek
- senpovaEsperanto
- impotentes, impotenteSpanish
- voimaton, heikkoFinnish
- impuissantFrench
- neuphooaralManx
- erőtlen, tehetetlenHungarian
- impotenteInterlingua
- impotenti, impotenteItalian
- 脆い, 弱いJapanese
- impotens, nequiensLatin
- machteloosDutch
- maktesløsNorwegian
- bezsilnyPolish
- impotentePortuguese
- бессильный, неправомочный, безвластный, беспомощныйRussian
- obesnažen, nemoćan, nepravomoćanSerbo-Croatian
- maktlosSwedish
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