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Word entry · 9 letters

powerless

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"Without control"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ˈpaʊɚləs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted eeloprsswStarts with PEnds with S1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Filled answer is this word (POWERLESS).

Definitions

  1. Unable to act, control events, or resist.

Word origin

From Middle English pouerles, powerles, equivalent to power + -less.

Used in a sentence

  • “Imagine the growing regrets, the longing to escape, the powerless disgust, the surrender, the hate.”
  • It is said that his right arm had grown powerless from having been raised so often over the heads of those whom he baptized.
  • One thing is clear: after the first accident had occurred, the enginemen on the down express were powerless to avoid the second collision.

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