powerlessness (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *powerlessness*:
NOUN	attribute	powerlessness, impotence, impotency	the quality of lacking strength or power

powerlessness > pronunciation
Sounds	paw'erlahsnahs
Rhymes	abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs...

English > *powerlessness*: 1 sense > noun 1, attribute
Meaning	The quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble.
Synonyms	impotence, impotency
Narrower	helplessness, weakness, impuissance	powerlessness revealed by an inability to act
	ineffectiveness, ineffectualness, ineffectuality	lacking the power to be effective
	paper tiger	The nature of a person or organization that appears powerful but is actually powerless and ineffectual
	uninterestingness	inability to capture or hold one's interest
	unpersuasiveness	inability to persuade
	voicelessness	Having no voice in the management or control of affairs
Broader	quality	An essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
Opposite	power, powerfulness	possession of controlling influence
Spanish	impotencia
Catalan	impotència
Adjectives	powerless	lacking power

HyperDic: powerlessness