Definitions for powerless
ˈpaʊ ər lɪspow·er·less

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. powerlessadjective

   lacking power

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. powerlessadjective

   Lacking sufficient power or strength.

   You are powerless to stop me

2. powerlessadjective

   Lacking legal authority.

   The traffic warden was powerless to stop me driving away.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.

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1. 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.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Powerlessadjective

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

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1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say powerless in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of powerless in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of powerless in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of powerless in a Sentence

1. Hammurabi:

   The first duty of government is to protect the powerless from the powerful.

2. June Jordan:

   Language is political. That's why you and me, my Brother and Sister, that's why we supposed to choke our natural self into the weird, lying, barbarous, unreal, white speech and writing habits that the schools lay down like holy law. Because, in other words, the powerful don't play; they mean to keep that power, and those who are the powerless (you and me) better shape up --mimic/ape/suck --in the very image of the powerful, or the powerful will destroy you --you and our children.

3. Clive James:

   Television is simultaneously blamed, often by the same people, for worsening the world and for being powerless to change it.

4. Lesly Garcia:

   You feel so powerless when you see your relative slipping away, when you have no way to do anything for them, to save them, it hurt me not to see her again.

5. Kairyu Takahashi:

   I feel powerless that I wasn't able to make the government take action, if we had somehow completed it in time, this may not have happened.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=powerless
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Powerless
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=powerless
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powerless
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/powerless