powerless

powerless
powerlessly, adv.powerlessness, n.
/pow"euhr lis/, adj.
1. unable to produce an effect: a disease against which modern medicine is virtually powerless.
2. lacking power to act; helpless: His legs crumpled, and he was powerless to rise.
[1545-55; POWER + -LESS]
Syn. 1. ineffective. 2. feeble, impotent, prostrate, infirm.

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