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Noun [English]

Forms: powerlessnesses [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree English powerless Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English powerlessness From powerless + -ness. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|powerless|-ness|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English powerless Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English powerlessness [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-atjaną", "lang" : "gem-pro" }, { "id" : "nominative", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "action noun", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tus", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-þuz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-assuz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-inassuz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-nassī", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-nes", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-nesse", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ness", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "powerlessness", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="powerlessness"> From powerless + -ness. Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} powerlessness (usually uncountable, plural powerlessnesses)
  1. The state or character of being powerless; absence or lack of power. Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: impotence, helplessness Related terms: helplessness Coordinate_terms: weakness Translations (The state or character of being powerless): бяссі́лле (bjassíllje) [neuter] (Belarusian), 無力 /无力 (wúlì) (Chinese Mandarin), bezmocnost [feminine] (Czech), voimattomuus (Finnish), impuissance [feminine] (French), Machtlosigkeit [feminine] (German), असमर्थता (asmarthatā) [feminine] (Hindi), अक्षमता (akṣamtā) [feminine] (Hindi), अशक्ति (aśakti) [feminine] (Hindi), शक्तिहीनता (śaktihīntā) [feminine] (Hindi), tehetetlenség (Hungarian), gyengeség (Hungarian), erőtlenség (Hungarian), easpa cumhachta [feminine] (Irish), neamhchumhacht [feminine] (Irish), neamhéifeacht [feminine] (Irish), 無力 (muryoku) (alt: むりょく) (Japanese), impotentia (Latin), немоќ (nemoḱ) (Macedonian), neuchummaght [feminine] (Manx), mieretanga (Māori), ناتوانی (nâtavâni) (Persian), ضعف (za'f) (Persian), bezsiła [feminine] (Polish), bezsilność [feminine] (Polish), niemoc [feminine] (Polish), бесси́лие (bessílije) [neuter] (Russian), अक्षमा (akṣamā) [feminine] (Sanskrit), अशक्ति (aśakti) [feminine] (Sanskrit), impotencia [feminine] (Spanish), vanmakt [common-gender] (Swedish), maktlöshet [common-gender] (Swedish), безси́лля (bezsýllja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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          "word": "безси́лля"
        }
      ]
    }
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}
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        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Hindi translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Latin translations",
        "Terms with Macedonian translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Manx translations",
        "Terms with Māori translations",
        "Terms with Persian translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Sanskrit translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Ukrainian translations"
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          "word": "weakness"
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              195,
              208
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          "ref": "2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 47:",
          "text": "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’.",
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        "The state or character of being powerless; absence or lack of power."
      ],
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          "powerless",
          "powerless"
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          "absence",
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          "word": "impotence"
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          "word": "helplessness"
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    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "lang_code": "be",
      "roman": "bjassíllje",
      "sense": "The state or character of being powerless",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "бяссі́лле"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "wúlì",
      "sense": "The state or character of being powerless",
      "word": "無力 /无力"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "The state or character of being powerless",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bezmocnost"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "The state or character of being powerless",
      "word": "voimattomuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "The state or character of being powerless",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "impuissance"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "The state or character of being powerless",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Machtlosigkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "lang_code": "hi",
      "roman": "asmarthatā",
      "sense": "The state or character of being powerless",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "असमर्थता"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "lang_code": "hi",
      "roman": "akṣamtā",
      "sense": "The state or character of being powerless",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "अक्षमता"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "lang_code": "hi",
      "roman": "aśakti",
      "sense": "The state or character of being powerless",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "अशक्ति"
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      "code": "hi",
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      "lang_code": "hi",
      "roman": "śaktihīntā",
      "sense": "The state or character of being powerless",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "शक्तिहीनता"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "The state or character of being powerless",
      "word": "tehetetlenség"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "The state or character of being powerless",
      "word": "gyengeség"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "The state or character of being powerless",
      "word": "erőtlenség"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "The state or character of being powerless",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "easpa cumhachta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "The state or character of being powerless",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "neamhchumhacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "The state or character of being powerless",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "neamhéifeacht"
    },
    {
      "alt": "むりょく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "muryoku",
      "sense": "The state or character of being powerless",
      "word": "無力"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "sense": "The state or character of being powerless",
      "word": "impotentia"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "lang_code": "mk",
      "roman": "nemoḱ",
      "sense": "The state or character of being powerless",
      "word": "немоќ"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "lang_code": "gv",
      "sense": "The state or character of being powerless",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "neuchummaght"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Māori",
      "lang_code": "mi",
      "sense": "The state or character of being powerless",
      "word": "mieretanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "lang_code": "fa",
      "roman": "nâtavâni",
      "sense": "The state or character of being powerless",
      "word": "ناتوانی"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "lang_code": "fa",
      "roman": "za'f",
      "sense": "The state or character of being powerless",
      "word": "ضعف"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "The state or character of being powerless",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bezsiła"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "The state or character of being powerless",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bezsilność"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "The state or character of being powerless",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "niemoc"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "bessílije",
      "sense": "The state or character of being powerless",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "бесси́лие"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "lang_code": "sa",
      "roman": "akṣamā",
      "sense": "The state or character of being powerless",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "अक्षमा"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "lang_code": "sa",
      "roman": "aśakti",
      "sense": "The state or character of being powerless",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "अशक्ति"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "The state or character of being powerless",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "impotencia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "The state or character of being powerless",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "vanmakt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "The state or character of being powerless",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "maktlöshet"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "bezsýllja",
      "sense": "The state or character of being powerless",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "безси́лля"
    }
  ],
  "word": "powerlessness"
}

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