powerless

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• General-American: /ˈpaʊɚləs/
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From Middle English pouerles, powerles, equivalent to power + -less.

82 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: ضَعِيف (ḍaʕīf) — lacking sufficient power or strength
• Arabic: عَاجِز (ʕājiz) — lacking sufficient power or strength
• Belarusian: бяссі́льны (bjassílʹny) — lacking sufficient power or strength
• Belarusian: немо́цный (njemócnyj) — lacking sufficient power or strength
• Belarusian: бездапамо́жны (bjezdapamóžny) — lacking sufficient power or strength
• Belarusian: бяспо́мачны (bjaspómačny) — lacking sufficient power or strength
• Bulgarian: безси́лен (bezsílen) — lacking sufficient power or strength
• Bulgarian: не́мощен (némošten) — lacking sufficient power or strength
• Bulgarian: безпо́мощен (bezpómošten) — lacking sufficient power or strength
• Chinese Mandarin: 無力的 /无力的 (wúlì de) — lacking sufficient power or strength
• Czech: bezmocný — lacking sufficient power or strength
• Dutch: machteloos — lacking sufficient power or strength
• Esperanto: senpova — lacking sufficient power or strength
• Finnish: voimaton — lacking sufficient power or strength
• Finnish: heikko — lacking sufficient power or strength
• French: impuissant — lacking sufficient power or strength
• Georgian: უძლური (uʒluri) — lacking sufficient power or strength
• German: kraftlos — lacking sufficient power or strength
• Ancient Greek: ἀδύνατος (adúnatos) — lacking sufficient power or strength
• Hindi: शक्तिहीन (śaktihīn) — lacking sufficient power or strength
• Hungarian: erőtlen — lacking sufficient power or strength
• Hungarian: gyenge — lacking sufficient power or strength
• Hungarian: tehetetlen — lacking sufficient power or strength
• Interlingua: impotente — lacking sufficient power or strength
• Italian: impotente — lacking sufficient power or strength
• Japanese: 弱い (yowai) — lacking sufficient power or strength
• Japanese: 脆い (moroi) — lacking sufficient power or strength
• Japanese: 無力な (muryoku na) — lacking sufficient power or strength
• Kazakh: дәрменсіз (därmensız) — lacking sufficient power or strength
• Kazakh: әлсіз (älsız) — lacking sufficient power or strength
• Korean: 무력하다 (muryeokhada) — lacking sufficient power or strength
• Latin: nequiens — lacking sufficient power or strength
• Latin: impotens — lacking sufficient power or strength
• Macedonian: немоќен (nemoḱen) — lacking sufficient power or strength
• Manx: neuphooaral — lacking sufficient power or strength
• Māori: hangenge — lacking sufficient power or strength
• Māori: mīere — lacking sufficient power or strength
• Māori: rōrā — lacking sufficient power or strength
• Māori: kahakore — lacking sufficient power or strength
• Māori: mohemohe — lacking sufficient power or strength
• Māori: ngoikore — lacking sufficient power or strength
• Māori: paraheahea — lacking sufficient power or strength
• Norwegian: maktesløs — lacking sufficient power or strength
• Polish: bezsilny — lacking sufficient power or strength
• Portuguese: impotente — lacking sufficient power or strength
• Russian: бесси́льный (bessílʹnyj) — lacking sufficient power or strength
• Russian: беспо́мощный (bespómoščnyj) — lacking sufficient power or strength
• Russian: не́мощный (némoščnyj) — lacking sufficient power or strength
• Serbo-Croatian: не̏моћан — lacking sufficient power or strength
• Serbo-Croatian: обеснажен — lacking sufficient power or strength
• Serbo-Croatian: бе̏спомоћан — lacking sufficient power or strength
• Serbo-Croatian: nȅmoćan — lacking sufficient power or strength
• Serbo-Croatian: obesnažen — lacking sufficient power or strength
• Serbo-Croatian: bȅspomoćan — lacking sufficient power or strength
• Slovak: bezmocný — lacking sufficient power or strength
• Slovene: nemočen — lacking sufficient power or strength
• Spanish: sin poder / poderío / potencia — lacking sufficient power or strength
• Tocharian B: avaṣi — lacking sufficient power or strength
• Ukrainian: безси́лий (bezsýlyj) — lacking sufficient power or strength
• Ukrainian: не́мічний (némičnyj) — lacking sufficient power or strength
• Ukrainian: безпо́мічний (bezpómičnyj) — lacking sufficient power or strength
• Belarusian: бязула́дны (bjazuládny) — lacking legal authority
• Belarusian: неправамо́цны (njepravamócny) — lacking legal authority
• Bulgarian: невали́ден (nevalíden) — lacking legal authority
• Dutch: machteloos — lacking legal authority
• Finnish: voimaton — lacking legal authority
• Georgian: უძალაუფლებო (uʒalauplebo) — lacking legal authority
• German: machtlos — lacking legal authority
• Ancient Greek: ἀκρατής (akratḗs) — lacking legal authority
• Hungarian: tehetetlen — lacking legal authority
• Latin: nequiens — lacking legal authority
• Latin: impotens — lacking legal authority
• Māori: manakore — lacking legal authority
• Norwegian: maktesløs — lacking legal authority
• Russian: безвла́стный (bezvlástnyj) — lacking legal authority
• Russian: неправомо́чный (nepravomóčnyj) — lacking legal authority
• Serbo-Croatian: не̏правомоћан — lacking legal authority
• Serbo-Croatian: nȅpravomoćan — lacking legal authority
• Spanish: sin poder / poderío / potestad — lacking legal authority
• Ukrainian: безвла́дний (bezvládnyj) — lacking legal authority
• Ukrainian: неправочи́нний (nepravočýnnyj) — lacking legal authority
• Ukrainian: неправоси́льний (nepravosýlʹnyj) — lacking legal authority