powerlessness
- a word derived from powerless.
Example Sentences
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That said, the central theme—of women’s powerlessness through the ages, even over their own bodies—gets a perhaps over-thorough workout.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
"Everything should have led you to resign," she added, pointing to the government's "powerlessness".
From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026
“There’s this sense of powerlessness, of not being the captain of your own ship,” said their daughter Beatrix Zilinskas.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2025
As a Palestinian, Abdel Aziz is resigned to his powerlessness.
From BBC • Sep. 21, 2025
It wasn’t an emotion he had much experience with—it didn’t fit him—and he knew it wasn’t really Thyon who had provoked it, but his own powerlessness to save Sarai.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
