"powerlessness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: powerlessnesses [plural]
Etymology: From powerless + -ness. Etymology templates: {{af|en|powerless|-ness}} 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, weakness Related terms: helplessness Translations (The state or character of being powerless): бяссі́лле (bjassíllje) [neuter] (Belarusian), 無力 (Chinese Mandarin), 无力 (wúlì) (Chinese Mandarin), bezmocnost [feminine] (Czech), voimattomuus (Finnish), impuissance [feminine] (French), Machtlosigkeit [feminine] (German), 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 (Maori), ناتوانی (nâtavâni) (Persian), ضعف (za'f) (Persian), bezsiła [feminine] (Polish), bezsilność [feminine] (Polish), бесси́лие (bessílije) [neuter] (Russian), impotencia [feminine] (Spanish), vanmakt [common-gender] (Swedish), maktlöshet [common-gender] (Swedish), безси́лля (bezsýllja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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          "alt": "むりょく",
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "The state or character of being powerless",
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      "sense": "The state or character of being powerless",
      "word": "無力"
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      "sense": "The state or character of being powerless",
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      "sense": "The state or character of being powerless",
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      "word": "impuissance"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "The state or character of being powerless",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Machtlosigkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "The state or character of being powerless",
      "word": "tehetetlenség"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "The state or character of being powerless",
      "word": "gyengeség"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "The state or character of being powerless",
      "word": "erőtlenség"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "The state or character of being powerless",
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "The state or character of being powerless",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "neamhchumhacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "The state or character of being powerless",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "neamhéifeacht"
    },
    {
      "alt": "むりょく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "muryoku",
      "sense": "The state or character of being powerless",
      "word": "無力"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "The state or character of being powerless",
      "word": "impotentia"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "nemoḱ",
      "sense": "The state or character of being powerless",
      "word": "немоќ"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "The state or character of being powerless",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "neuchummaght"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "The state or character of being powerless",
      "word": "mieretanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "nâtavâni",
      "sense": "The state or character of being powerless",
      "word": "ناتوانی"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "za'f",
      "sense": "The state or character of being powerless",
      "word": "ضعف"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "The state or character of being powerless",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bezsiła"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "The state or character of being powerless",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bezsilność"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bessílije",
      "sense": "The state or character of being powerless",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "бесси́лие"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "The state or character of being powerless",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "impotencia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "The state or character of being powerless",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "vanmakt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "The state or character of being powerless",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "maktlöshet"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bezsýllja",
      "sense": "The state or character of being powerless",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "безси́лля"
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