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powerlessness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun powerlessness has 1 sense
- powerlessness(n = noun.attribute) impotence, impotency - the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble; Array is a kind of quality
has particulars: helplessness, impuissance, weakness, unpersuasiveness, uninterestingness, voicelessness, paper tiger, ineffectiveness, ineffectuality, ineffectualness
Antonyms: power, powerfulness
Derived form adjective powerless1
ROGET THESAURUS
powerlessness
Absence of Influence
N absence of influence, impotence, powerlessness, inertness, irrelevancy, uninfluential, ineffective, inconsequential, nugatory, unconducing, unconducive, unconducting to, powerless, irrelevant.
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