powerlessness (Meaning)

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powerlessness (n)

the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble

The feeling of powerlessness engulfed her as she watched her loved ones suffer.
The hurricane's destructive force left residents powerless to prevent the devastation.
The government's failure to address poverty left citizens feeling powerless to improve their lives.
The patient's terminal illness filled her with a suffocating sense of powerlessness.
The corrupt system gave the powerless no voice to demand justice.
The child's tears of powerlessness cut through the silence of the room like a knife.
The realization of her own powerlessness shattered the illusion of control she had clung to.
The government's propaganda machine sought to create a sense of powerlessness among its citizens.
The weight of the world's problems threatened to crush her with an overwhelming sense of powerlessness.
In the face of adversity, she refused to succumb to the temptation of powerlessness and fought for her dreams.

the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble

inability, incapacity, inadequacy, insufficiency, ineptitude, incapability,impotence, incompetency, incompetence,ineffectiveness

competence, capability, capability, competency, adequacy, gift, gift, capacity, adequacy, potency

The feeling of powerlessness engulfed her as she watched her loved ones suffer.

The hurricane's destructive force left residents powerless to prevent the devastation.

The government's failure to address poverty left citizens feeling powerless to improve their lives.

The patient's terminal illness filled her with a suffocating sense of powerlessness.