English

Adjective

powerless ‎(comparative more powerless, superlative most powerless)

1. Lacking sufficient power or strength.

   I admit, that I am powerless over my hatred towards white people in ways, that I am unable to recognize fully, both at this time and in the past.

   • 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.

Derived terms

• powerlessness
• superpowerless

Synonyms

• strengthless
• weak
• vulnerable

Antonyms

• powerful
• strong

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