powerless

About 3.41 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Lacking sufficient power or strength.
2. adjective Lacking legal authority.

   The traffic warden was powerless to stop me driving away.

3. adjective Without electricity or electrical power.

   During the storm, the entire neighborhood was left powerless for several hours

Similar words

helpless weak nerveless feeble incapacitated overpowered swamped overcome inundated flooded

Often followed by

to and in against as over before for by

Word family

powerlessly powerlessness powerlessnesses