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unmight

/ˈʌnˌmaɪt/

unmight noun: the absence or lack of might; powerlessness; weakness.

Noun

unmight (uncountable)

  1. The absence or lack of might; powerlessness; weakness
    • They might fail to grant redress either because, to use the expressive words of various ordinances,“there was too great might on the one side and too great unmight on the other,” [...]2005, Constance Backhouse, Nancy L. Backhouse, The Heiress vs the Establishment
    • In this, our lord shewed a parte of the feendes malice, and fully his unmight, for he shewed that the passion of him is the overcoming of the feende.2006, Nicholas Watson, Jacqueline Jenkins, The Writings of Julian of Norwich, published 1843
    Synonyms:
    mightlessness

Synonyms of unmight

Origin of unmight

From Middle English unmight, onmiȝt, from Old English unmiht, unmeht, unmeaht (“weakness; lack of power”), from Proto-Germanic *unmahtiz (“inability; weakness”), equivalent to un- (“lack or absence of”) + might. Cognate with Dutch onmacht, German Ohnmacht, Icelandic ómáttur (“unmight”).

Questions about unmight

What does unmight mean?
Unmight means the absence or lack of might; powerlessness; weakness.
What part of speech is unmight?
Unmight is a noun.
How do you pronounce unmight?
Unmight is pronounced /ˈʌnˌmaɪt/.

Words near unmight in the dictionary

  1. unmews
  2. unmicaceous
  3. unmicroscopic
  4. unmicrowavable
  5. unmiffed
  6. unmight
  7. unmightiness
  8. unmighty
  9. unmigratable
  10. unmigrate
  11. unmigrated

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