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powerless

[ pou-er-lis ]

adjective

  1. unable to produce an effect:

    a disease against which modern medicine is virtually powerless.

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  2. lacking power pow power to act; helpless:

    His legs crumpled, and he was powerless to rise.

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powerless

/ ˈ貹ʊəɪ /

adjective

  1. without power or authority
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Derived Forms

  • ˈǷɱԱ, noun
  • ˈǷɱ, adverb
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • Ƿİ·· adverb
  • Ƿİ··Ա noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of powerless1

First recorded in 1545–55; power + -less
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She said it was “unconscionable” for the government to argue that the “courts are powerless to intervene.”

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US lawyers have argued that the government is powerless to reverse the deportation because Mr Garcia is now in Salvadoran custody.

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Charities and childcare nurseries say they are furious that they face increases in their National Insurance bills, but are also powerless to raise their incomes.

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Describing the judgement as an "unreasonably absolutist definition of free speech", the university said the ruling would leave institutions "powerless to prevent abusive, bullying and harassing speech".

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Describing the judgement as an "unreasonably absolutist definition of free speech", the university warned that the ruling left institutions facing "opposing and irreconcilable duties" which rendered them "powerless to prevent abusive, bullying and harassing speech".

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