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the lack of sufficient ability, power, or means
- cursed his powerlessness to affect the outcome of his friend's life-threatening illness
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“Powerlessness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/powerlessness. Accessed 22 Sep. 2021.
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