powerlessness

Other forms of powerlessness

plural

powerlessnesses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about powerlessness

What does powerlessness mean?

powerlessness means "the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble".

How many syllables are in powerlessness?

powerlessness has 4 syllables: po-wer-les-sness. The stress falls on "po". In IPA it is /ˈpaʊɚləsnəs/.

What is another word for powerlessness?

Close synonyms include impotence, impotency. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of powerlessness?

The recorded antonyms are power, powerfulness.

Is powerlessness a common word?

powerlessness is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.