Definition of powerlessness in English:
powerlessness
noun ˈpaʊələsnəsˈpaʊrləsnəs
mass nounLack of ability, influence, or power.
the feeling of powerlessness due to poverty
the minute I admitted powerlessness over my compulsion, I felt relief
Example sentencesExamples
- Her resistance to Dracula derives from frustrating experiences of powerlessness.
- Gangs of older boys acted out their feelings of powerlessness against younger, more vulnerable boys.
- Silence, pause, stillness, the impossibility of explanation: all suggest the powerlessness of narrative to fill the 'long blank'.
- The voice of powerlessness tells another kind of fiction: the illusion.
- The domination that she exerts over her students seems to be an obvious compensation for her powerlessness at home.
- His critique of landlord powerlessness rests on the belief that aristocratic rule and estate ownership are ends in themselves.
- You have to dig awfully deep to get to the hurt and the pain and the powerlessness.
- She often writes about the powerlessness of women.
- She turns her attention away from the commercial aspect, pointing towards the powerlessness that weather instills.
- She has stated the impossibility of bringing the presence of the parents into the present moment, the powerlessness of art to deliver such a presence.
Definition of powerlessness in US English:
powerlessness
nounˈpaʊrləsnəsˈpourləsnəs
Lack of ability, influence, or power.
the feeling of powerlessness due to poverty
the minute I admitted powerlessness over my compulsion, I felt relief
Example sentencesExamples
- She turns her attention away from the commercial aspect, pointing towards the powerlessness that weather instills.
- Gangs of older boys acted out their feelings of powerlessness against younger, more vulnerable boys.
- His critique of landlord powerlessness rests on the belief that aristocratic rule and estate ownership are ends in themselves.
- The domination that she exerts over her students seems to be an obvious compensation for her powerlessness at home.
- Silence, pause, stillness, the impossibility of explanation: all suggest the powerlessness of narrative to fill the 'long blank'.
- She has stated the impossibility of bringing the presence of the parents into the present moment, the powerlessness of art to deliver such a presence.
- You have to dig awfully deep to get to the hurt and the pain and the powerlessness.
- The voice of powerlessness tells another kind of fiction: the illusion.
- She often writes about the powerlessness of women.
- Her resistance to Dracula derives from frustrating experiences of powerlessness.