powerlessness

English

Etymology

From powerless +‎ -ness.

Noun

powerlessness (usually uncountable, plural powerlessnesses)

The state or character of being powerless; absence or lack of power.
Synonyms: impotence, weakness

Translations

The state or character of being powerless

Belarusian: бяссі́лле n (bjassíllje)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 無力／无力 (zh) (wúlì)
Czech: bezmocnost f
Finnish: voimattomuus (fi)
French: impuissance (fr) f
German: Machtlosigkeit (de) f
Hungarian: tehetetlenség (hu), gyengeség (hu), erőtlenség (hu)
Irish: easpa cumhachta f, neamhchumhacht f, neamhéifeacht f
Japanese: 無力 (ja) (むりょく, muryoku)
Latin: impotentia
Macedonian: немоќ (nemoḱ)
Manx: neuchummaght f
Maori: mieretanga
Persian: ناتوانی (fa) (nâtavâni), ضعف (fa) (za'f)
Polish: bezsiła f, bezsilność (pl) f
Russian: бесси́лие (ru) n (bessílije)
Spanish: impotencia f
Swedish: vanmakt (sv) c, maktlöshet (sv) c
Ukrainian: безси́лля (uk) n (bezsýllja)

See also

helplessness

References

“powerlessness”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
“powerlessness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.

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