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What is the adjective for powerless?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb power which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

powerable
  1. Capable of being powered.
  2. (obsolete) Capable of being effected or accomplished by the application of power; possible.
  3. (obsolete) Capable of exerting power; powerful.
  4. Examples:
    1. “The infinite God, He who is strictly, properly infinite, knows all the knowable and can effect all the powerable.”
powerful
  1. Having, or capable of exerting power, potency or influence.
  2. (mining) Large; capacious; said of veins of ore.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “Even the greatest boxing champion would not have withstood the powerful blows of the young star in the making.”
      “It was a powerful performance from the team, and very reflective of their season thus far.”
      “Josh's powerful speech empowered all those in attendance with the emotional fortitude to handle their own failures in life.”
powerless
  1. Lacking sufficient power or strength.
  2. Lacking legal authority.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “Mack couldn't hide his disappointment as he watched his fighter throw another powerless punch.”
      “They were a subdued and powerless people owing their very existence to landlords and their agents who worked them to the bond with rack rents.”
      “Alma remembered every second of those nights, how powerless she felt when she saw him beside her, his skin swollen with welts.”
powerfull
  1. Archaic form of powerful.
  2. Misspelling of powerful.
  3. Examples:
    1. “Beside other things, this major release is also bringing very powerfull catalog printing and exporting capabilities.”
      “We've proven that tillers can be powerfull without being noisy, overweight and cumbersome.”
      “Advanced Internet Tool is powerfull download client with built in FTP client, Scheduler, HTML links extractor and downloads manager.”
powered
powerish
  1. (rare) Characteristic of power or of those in authority
powersome
  1. Characterised or marked by power; powerful.
powerholding
  1. Occupying a position of power.
power
  1. (Singapore, colloquial) Impressive.
powerfuler
  1. comparative form of powerful: more powerful
powerfulest
  1. superlative form of powerful: most powerful
powerfuller
powerfullest
powering
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