powerlessness
/ˈpaʊərləsnəs/
noun
- The state or feeling of having no power, control, or ability to influence events or circumstances.
- She wrote about the powerlessness of ordinary people during wartime.
- His powerlessness in the face of the bureaucracy frustrated him every day.
- The villagers felt a deep sense of powerlessness as the floodwaters rose.
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