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How to pronounce powerlessness in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms impotence, impotency
Type of quality
Has types impuissance, ineffectiveness, ineffectuality, ineffectualness, paper tiger, uninterestingness, unpersuasiveness, voicelessness, helplessness, weakness
Derivation powerless

Examples of powerlessness

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Instead, I'm stuck with my own powerlessness and my own struggle to support her.
From the emotionalumbrella.com
Shaggy beards, dirty hair and disheveled clothes were symbols of powerlessness.
From the chron.com
It's a moving depiction of fear and powerlessness from a child's point of view.
From the usatoday.com
It's amazing when a child goes from a feeling of powerlessness to one of mastery.
From the forbes.com
This leads to loss and an accumulation of loss leads to a sense of powerlessness.
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
That sense of powerlessness is enough to make anyone feel bitter and worthless.
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
If he's frustrated by his powerlessness over it, ask for the power and spend less.
From the forbes.com
The programme teaches personal powerlessness and dependency, not self-empowerment.
From the guardian.co.uk
Maybe the mess in your house reflects your sense of powerlessness and helplessness.
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
More examples
  • The quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble
  • (powerless) lacking power
  • (Powerless (comics)) Powerless is a comic book series published by Marvel Comics. The series, which began in 2004, is written by Matt Cherniss and Peter Johnson and penciled by artist Michael Gaydos. It had a six issue run, all of which are now published together in a trade paperback collection.
  • (Powerless (Heroes)) "Powerless" is the eleventh and final episode of the second season of the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes and thirty-fourth episode overall. It was written by co-executive producer Jeph Loeb and directed by executive producer Allan Arkush. ...
  • (Powerless (Say What You Want)) "Powerless (Say What You Want)" is a pop song written by Nelly Furtado, Gerald Eaton and Brian West for Furtado's second studio album Folklore (2003). ...
  • The state or character of being powerless; absence or lack of power
  • (Powerless) 6. Spider-man, Wolverine & Daredevil cover.
  • (powerless) impuissant / inefficace
  • The inability to engage in a behavior moderately. Also, if a behavior must be stopped altogether, the inability to stop it by yourself. Probably a life-long experience.