impuissantadj.
/ɪmˈpjuːɪsənt/ Impotent, powerless, weak.
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the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [adjective] > powerless or helpless
mightlessOE
powerlessc1425
impotent1444
mean1525
unpuissant1568
moyenless1599
aidless1608
impuissant1629
paralytic1642
adynamous1656
impotentiala1657
enervous1677
numb1802
fucked1949
dickless1957
1629 tr. Herodian Hist. (1635) 127 How im-puissant and dejected they are.
1652 P. Heylyn Cosmographie iv. i. sig. Iiii4v The Countrey made a prey to impuissant Enemies.
1853 G. Grote Hist. Greece XI. ii. lxxxiv. 113 An impuissant embrace of philosophy on the part of so great a potentate.
1863 Ld. Lytton Ring of Amasis I. 188 Vain, and impuissant are the pity and commiseration of a feeble fellow-creature.
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