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powerlessness en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English powerless Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English powerlessness From powerless + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable, usually) The state or character of being powerless; absence or lack of power.
    • In July 1717, a commission established by Orléans to adjudicate the issue had emphatically denied the successoral claims of the two brothers, and the Regent declared himself in a state of ‘happy powerlessness to alienate the crown's domain’. 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 47:
    • Near-synonym: helplessness

Forms

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powerlessnesses Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

powerfulness · power

Coordinates

weakness

Relateds

helplessness

Synonyms

impotence · helplessness

Translations (33)

cmn 無力 /无力 (The state or character of being powerless) · sv vanmakt (The state or character of being powerless) · hu tehetetlenség (The state or character of being powerless) · la impotentia (The state or character of being powerless) · ga neamhéifeacht (The state or character of being powerless) · hu erőtlenség (The state or character of being powerless) · hi असमर्थता (The state or character of being powerless) · sa अक्षमा (The state or character of being powerless) · gv neuchummaght (The state or character of being powerless) · fi voimattomuus (The state or character of being powerless) · fa ضعف (The state or character of being powerless) · pl bezsilność (The state or character of being powerless) · hi अशक्ति (The state or character of being powerless) · ja 無力 (The state or character of being powerless) · es impotencia (The state or character of being powerless) · mk немоќ (The state or character of being powerless) · hu gyengeség (The state or character of being powerless) · ru бесси́лие (The state or character of being powerless) · de Machtlosigkeit (The state or character of being powerless) · be бяссі́лле (The state or character of being powerless) · sa अशक्ति (The state or character of being powerless) · ga neamhchumhacht (The state or character of being powerless) · uk безси́лля (The state or character of being powerless) · fa ناتوانی (The state or character of being powerless) · fr impuissance (The state or character of being powerless) · pl bezsiła (The state or character of being powerless) · cs bezmocnost (The state or character of being powerless) · ga easpa cumhachta (The state or character of being powerless) · hi अक्षमता (The state or character of being powerless) · hi शक्तिहीनता (The state or character of being powerless) · sv maktlöshet (The state or character of being powerless) · pl niemoc (The state or character of being powerless) · mi mieretanga (The state or character of being powerless)