Meaning of powerlessness | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The state or character of being powerless; absence or lack of power.
   uncountable, usually
2. The state or character of being powerless; absence or lack of power

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“Near-synonym: helplessness”

“In July 1717, a commission established by Orléans to adjudicate the issue had emphatically denied the successoral claims of the two brothers, and the Regent declared himself in a state of ‘happy powerlessness to alienate the crown's domain’.”

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