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Synonyms & Antonyms of powerless
unable to act or achieve one's purpose
- I wish I could help you, but I am powerless in this situation
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- authoritarian,
- autocratic
- (also autocratical),
- despotic,
- dictatorial,
- magisterial,
- tyrannical
- (also tyrannic)
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The first known use of powerless was in the 15th century
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