The destiny of Tom and Mary ceaselessly haunted the author, weighed down by his own powerlessness to assume it.
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Powerlessness
Synonyms for "powerlessness" (11 found)
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Closest matches (3)
Noun(2 words)
Strong matches (3)
Related words (5)
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2 entriesRelated terms
1 entriescauses desire
1 entriescoordinate
1 entriesderived from
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
5 entriesTranslations
33 translations across 21 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- бяссі́лле noun (The state or character of being powerless)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 無力 /无力 noun (The state or character of being powerless)
Czech
1 entries- bezmocnost noun (The state or character of being powerless)
Finnish
1 entries- voimattomuus noun (The state or character of being powerless)
French
1 entries- impuissance noun (The state or character of being powerless)
German
1 entries- Machtlosigkeit noun (The state or character of being powerless)
Hindi
4 entries- अक्षमता noun (The state or character of being powerless)
- अशक्ति noun (The state or character of being powerless)
- असमर्थता noun (The state or character of being powerless)
- शक्तिहीनता noun (The state or character of being powerless)
Hungarian
3 entries- erőtlenség noun (The state or character of being powerless)
- gyengeség noun (The state or character of being powerless)
- tehetetlenség noun (The state or character of being powerless)
Irish
3 entries- easpa cumhachta noun (The state or character of being powerless)
- neamhchumhacht noun (The state or character of being powerless)
- neamhéifeacht noun (The state or character of being powerless)
Japanese
1 entries- 無力 noun (The state or character of being powerless)
Latin
1 entries- impotentia noun (The state or character of being powerless)
Macedonian
1 entries- немоќ noun (The state or character of being powerless)
Manx
1 entries- neuchummaght noun (The state or character of being powerless)
Māori
1 entries- mieretanga noun (The state or character of being powerless)
Persian
2 entries- ضعف noun (The state or character of being powerless)
- ناتوانی noun (The state or character of being powerless)
Polish
3 entries- bezsilność noun (The state or character of being powerless)
- bezsiła noun (The state or character of being powerless)
- niemoc noun (The state or character of being powerless)
Russian
1 entries- бесси́лие noun (The state or character of being powerless)
Sanskrit
2 entries- अक्षमा noun (The state or character of being powerless)
- अशक्ति noun (The state or character of being powerless)
Spanish
1 entries- impotencia noun (The state or character of being powerless)
Swedish
2 entries- maktlöshet noun (The state or character of being powerless)
- vanmakt noun (The state or character of being powerless)
Ukrainian
1 entries- безси́лля noun (The state or character of being powerless)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
The most serious problem the world faces is not the strength of the wicked, but the powerlessness of the good.
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He says trauma causes feelings of powerlessness and, as the conflict drags on, hopelessness which poses one of the biggest obstacles to recovery.
Source: tatoeba (10812966)
If knowledge is power, ignorance is powerlessness.
Source: tatoeba (12993592)
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