Powerlessness (Noun)
Meaning
The quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble.
Classification
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
Examples
- Feeling trapped in the situation, she was consumed by a sense of powerlessness that left her unable to take action.
- The chronic illness had left him with a lingering feeling of powerlessness, as if his body was no longer under his control.
- The villagers felt a deep powerlessness as they watched their homes being destroyed by the natural disaster, unable to do anything to stop it.
- The prisoner's powerlessness was palpable as he sat in his cell, his freedom and future at the mercy of the court's decision.
- The loss of her job had left her with a creeping feeling of powerlessness, as if her career was stalled and going nowhere.