[むりょく, muryoku] (adj-na, n, adj-no) powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent; (P) #18,030[Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Powerless \Pow"er*less\, a.
Destitute of power, force, or energy; weak; impotent; not
able to produce any effect. -- {Pow"er*less*ly}, adv. --
{Pow"er*less*ness}, n.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
powerlessness
n 1: the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and
feeble [syn: {powerlessness}, {impotence}, {impotency}]
[ant: {power}, {powerfulness}]