powerless
Adjective
- lacking power
Adj
- Lacking sufficient power or strength.
- Lacking legal authority.
- Without electricity or electrical power.
Examples
- The traffic warden was powerless to stop me driving away.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English pouerles, powerles, equivalent to power + -less.
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 14
powerless: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordpowerless: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
powerless: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 16
powerless: valid Words With Friends Word