Definitions for powerless
ˈpaʊ ər lɪspow·er·less

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. powerlessadjective

   lacking power

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. powerlessadjective

   Lacking sufficient power or strength.

   You are powerless to stop me

2. powerlessadjective

   Lacking legal authority.

   The traffic warden was powerless to stop me driving away.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Powerlessadjective

   Weak; impotent.

   Etymology: from power.

   I give you welcome with a pow’rless hand,
   But with a heart full of unstained love. William Shakespeare.

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1. Powerless

   Powerless is a song by American rock band Linkin Park. The song was written by the band and produced by co-lead vocalist Mike Shinoda and Rick Rubin. Its working title was "Tinfoil", which instead ended up serving as the intro to the song. It was released on iTunes as a digital single from the soundtrack of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter on October 31, 2012, in Japan. The song was also released as a single worldwide through the official website of the band. The song was released as the third single from the album Living Things. The release included the "Powerless" artwork and featured just the one track.

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1. powerless

   Powerless refers to lacking strength, influence, or authority. It describes a state or condition where one doesn't possess the ability, right, or resources to effect, transform, or control a particular situation, event, or person. This term can be used in a variety of contexts, such as social, political, legal, or personal circumstances. In essence, being powerless means lacking the capacity or potency to take action or make a difference.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Powerlessadjective

   destitute of power, force, or energy; weak; impotent; not able to produce any effect

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of powerless in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of powerless in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of powerless in a Sentence

1. Carlos Santos-Herrera:

   He was powerless. Completely powerless, the hospital would not recognize David as my partner -- only as a 'friend.'.

2. Leonardo DaVinci:

   Patience serves as a protection against wrongs as clothes do against cold. For if you put on more clothes as the cold increases, it will have no power to hurt you. So in like manner you must grow in patience when you meet with great wrongs, and they will then be powerless to vex your mind.

3. Sarah Schielke:

   I love it. if I didn’t release this, the Loveland Police’s toxic culture of arrogance and entitlement, along with their horrific abuse of the vulnerable and powerless, would carry on, business as usual. I won’t be a part of that.

4. William James:

   A genius is the man in whom you are least likely to find the power of attending to anything insipid or distasteful in itself. He breaks his engagements, leaves his letters unanswered, neglects his family duties incorrigibly, because he is powerless to turn his attention down and back from those more interesting trains of imagery with which his genius constantly occupies his mind.

5. Lena Dunham:

   When I was raped, I felt powerless. I felt my value had been determined by someone else, someone who sent me the message that body was not my own my choices were meaningless, it took years to recognize my personal worth was not tied to my assault, that the voices telling me I deserved this were phantoms, they were liars.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=powerless
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Powerless
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=powerless
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powerless
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/powerless
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=powerless