powerlessness

== English == === Etymology === From powerless + -ness. === Noun === powerlessness (usually uncountable, plural powerlessnesses) The state or character of being powerless; absence or lack of power. Synonym: impotence Antonyms: power, powerfulness Coordinate term: weakness Near-synonym: helplessness ==== Translations ==== === See also === helplessness === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “powerlessness”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “powerlessness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.