powerless
adjective
unable to produce an effect.
powerlessly
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a word derived from
powerless.
Example Sentences
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I am, utterly and powerlessly, sorry you and the millions got stuck holding the Pez.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 2, 2021
In 1960s Montana, 14-year-old Joe watches powerlessly as his parents’ marriage slowly begins to fall apart.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2019
We let them know that they don’t just have to sit powerlessly and helplessly while idiots threaten the safety of all of us.
From Slate ● Aug. 1, 2018
Five years later, I am watching powerlessly from afar a very different manifestation of climate change – one that is made worse by a terrible lack of water in my hometown.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 8, 2017
As long as Strauss remained a minority voice on the Atomic Energy Commission, however, he could only chafe powerlessly at Oppenheimer’s exalted role as the AEC’s leading scientific advisor.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
