powerlessness
powerlessness noun: the state or character of being powerless; absence or lack of power.
Noun
powerlessness (usually uncountable, plural powerlessnesses)
- The state or character of being powerless; absence or lack of power.
- Near-synonym: helplessness
- 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
- Synonyms:
- impotence, helplessness
- Antonyms:
- power, powerfulness
powerlessness meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
powerlessness in Hindi
- The state or character of being powerless
- असमर्थता asmarthatā, अक्षमता akṣamtā, अशक्ति aśakti, शक्तिहीनता śaktihīntā
powerlessness in Tamil
- சக்தியின்மை, வலுவின்மை, பலமின்மை, இயலாமை, ஆற்றாமை, செல்லாமை
powerlessness in Urdu
- powerlessness; helplessness
- عاجزی 'ājizī
powerlessness in Bengali
- powerlessness, weakness
- অক্ষমতা ôkkhômôta
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- powerlessness in Sanskrit
- अक्षमा akṣamā, अशक्ति aśakti
- powerlessness in Persian
- ناتوانی nâtavâni, ضعف za'f
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Forms of powerlessness
| plural | powerlessnesses |
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Origin of powerlessness
From powerless + -ness.
Questions about powerlessness
- What does powerlessness mean?
- Powerlessness means the state or character of being powerless; absence or lack of power.
- What is powerlessness in Hindi?
- Powerlessness in Hindi is असमर्थता (asmarthatā), अक्षमता (akṣamtā), अशक्ति (aśakti). See Powerlessness meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is powerlessness?
- Powerlessness is a noun.
- What is the plural of powerlessness?
- The plural of powerlessness is powerlessnesses.
Words near powerlessness in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: powerlessness (page history and authors); powerlessness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); عاجزی (Urdu) (page history and authors); অক্ষমতা (Bengali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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