English
Etymology
From powerless + -ness.
Noun
powerlessness (usually uncountable, plural powerlessnesses)
- The state or character of being powerless; absence or lack of power.
- Synonyms: impotence, weakness
Translations
The state or character of being powerless
- Belarusian: бяссі́лле n (bjassíllje)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 無力／无力 (zh) (wúlì)
- Czech: bezmocnost f
- Finnish: voimattomuus (fi)
- French: impuissance (fr) f
- German: Machtlosigkeit (de) f
- Hindi: असमर्थता (hi) f (asmarthatā), अक्षमता (hi) f (akṣamtā), अशक्ति (hi) f (aśakti)
- Hungarian: tehetetlenség (hu), gyengeség (hu), erőtlenség (hu)
- Irish: easpa cumhachta f, neamhchumhacht f, neamhéifeacht f
- Japanese: 無力 (ja) (むりょく, muryoku)
- Latin: impotentia
- Macedonian: немоќ (nemoḱ)
- Manx: neuchummaght f
- Maori: mieretanga
- Persian: ناتوانی (fa) (nâtavâni), ضعف (fa) (za'f)
- Polish: bezsiła f, bezsilność (pl) f
- Russian: бесси́лие (ru) n (bessílije)
- Sanskrit: अक्षमा (sa) f (akṣamā), अशक्ति (sa) f (aśakti)
- Spanish: impotencia f
- Swedish: vanmakt (sv) c, maktlöshet (sv) c
- Ukrainian: безси́лля (uk) n (bezsýllja)
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