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.
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
He was powerless. Completely powerless, the hospital would not recognize David as my partner -- only as a 'friend.'.
It has been so hard to keep my mouth shut and wait this out. It has been the most powerless thing I’ve ever been through, i don’t care if he’s homosexual, heterosexual, bisexual, transsexual. He’s a sexual predator.
When I was raped, I felt powerless. I felt my value had been determined by someone else, someone who sent me the message that body was not my own my choices were meaningless, it took years to recognize my personal worth was not tied to my assault, that the voices telling me I deserved this were phantoms, they were liars.
Others like him feel impotent, powerless to solve the problems their people face, and have taken their own life.
Our country is very small and powerless.
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Translations for 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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