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Meanings of powerlessness in English
The quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble.
Usage of powerlessness in English
1
It's the universal script of mothers during times of powerlessness: offer food.
2
There is in Ireland, north and south, a grim sense of powerlessness.
3
The biggest problem for the Labour Party is that sense of powerlessness.
4
Some alcoholics, for example, can only recover once they admit their powerlessness.
5
During the following month Olofson lives with an increasing sense of powerlessness.
6
It creates a sense of dependency, of powerlessness apart from the group.
7
The powerlessness of Prussia was the measure of Austrian influence and prestige.
8
It is an assertion of powerlessness as if it's a good thing.
9
Living in a space of lack and powerlessness will only create more.
10
His feelings of powerlessness probably stem from whatever went on between them.
11
Tells about the seeming powerlessness of prison officials to stop A.B.'s murders.
12
Mr. Cæsar looked at him angrily and pathetically, conscious of his powerlessness.
13
All their frustrations, their feelings of impotence, humiliation, and powerlessness came out.
14
All beings acknowledge their powerlessness to praise Thee as beseemeth Thy station.
15
At last Hans steps out of himself, out of his introverted powerlessness.
16
And if I speak bitterly, well, I am suffering from my powerlessness.
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Powerlessness across language varieties
United Kingdom
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United States of America
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