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Lacking sufficient power or strength

Lacking physical strength, especially due to illness or age

Physically injured or hurt, typically unable to move

Susceptible to being attacked or compromised

Oppressed, persecuted or subjugated at the hands of another

Completely overcome or helpless, especially with distress or exhaustion

Lacking spirit or vitality

Not able or likely to cause harm or injury

Failing to act or protest as a result of moral weakness

Landless or evicted

Feeling, deserving of, or characterized by, severe unhappiness or sadness

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Adjective

Lacking sufficient power or strength

disadvantageous

counterproductive

without success

not good enough

with hands tied

up creek without paddle

lacking ability

without resources

in difficulties

without assistance

in vicious circle

not up to scratch

not up to snuff

no great shakes

leaving much to be desired

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“Mack couldn't hide his disappointment as he watched his fighter throw another powerless punch.”

Adjective

Lacking physical strength, especially due to illness or age

lacking feeling

under the weather

on the sick list

in poor condition

not in good shape

green about the gills

hospitalized^US

under medication

hospitalised^UK

out of condition

not up to snuff

like death warmed up

at death's door

in declining health

rendered feeble

the worse for wear

not feeling well

hypochondriacal

chronically ill

physically challenged

running temperature

feeling terrible

easily threatened

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Adjective

Physically injured or hurt, typically unable to move

out of commission

wheelchair-using

learning-disabled

differently abled

having a disability

physically handicapped

physically challenged

physically impaired

out-of-commission

having special needs

with a disability

confined to bed

on the sick list

in the hospital

physically disabled

flat on your back

desensitized^US

under the weather

desensitised^UK

wheelchair-bound

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Adjective

Susceptible to being attacked or compromised

like a sitting duck

in the line of fire

without weapons

without defences

like a clay pigeon

in line of fire

defenceless against

an easy target for

at the mercy of

without protection

easily affected by

in the firing line

threatened with

easily destroyed

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Adjective

Oppressed, persecuted or subjugated at the hands of another

underprivileged

under one's thumb

under someone's heel

under the thumb

in one's clutches

in one's pocket

led by the nose

at beck and call

taken advantage of

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Adjective

Completely overcome or helpless, especially with distress or exhaustion

knocked for six

brought to your knees

Adjective

Lacking spirit or vitality

run-of-the-mill

undistinguished

middle-of-the-road

run of the mill

non-stimulating

nothing to write home about

lacking in vitality

dull as ditchwater

no great shakes

lacking excitement

lacking interest

blending into the background

common or garden

lacking personality

lacking charisma

lacking vitality

dull as dishwater

lacking variety

unsophisticated

lacking variation

soul-destroying

past their sell-by date

behind the times

run-of-the mill

not amounting to much

unobjectionable

lacking in character

straightforward

uncomprehending

uncommunicative

one-dimensional

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Adjective

Not able or likely to cause harm or injury

Adjective

Failing to act or protest as a result of moral weakness

Adjective

Landless or evicted

Adjective

Feeling, deserving of, or characterized by, severe unhappiness or sadness

down in the mouth

down in the dumps

in the doldrums

sick as a parrot

heavy with grief

singing the blues

as sick as a parrot

overcome with sorrow

down-in-the-mouth

sorry for yourself

deeply saddened

racked with suffering

racked with pain

at the end of your tether

conscience-stricken

demoralizing^US

demoralising^UK

prostrate with grief

extremely saddened

unable to be comforted

unable to be consoled

deeply regretful

beside oneself with grief

heart-wrenching

with a long face

looking as if one had lost a pound and found a penny

discombobulated

discountenanced

at end of one's rope

on the verge of tears

with tears in your eyes

longing for home

having the blahs

having blue devils

in floods of tears

at sixes and sevens

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