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powerless [ˈpaʊəlıs] ADJ

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But beyond such poor revenge, he was powerless for any open enmity.
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Selection is thus powerless, and the species is carried automatically in the direction marked out by internal factors controlling variation.
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For example, a person may cry after receiving surprisingly happy news, ostensibly because the person feels powerless or unable to influence what is happening.
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The cities, however, were not powerless, and as executors of the public peace, they had developed into a potent military force.
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A spectre is powerless in natural sunlight and flees from it.
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It contains nine fables with animal characters, typically depicting the stronger animals as unjust and untrustworthy, while the weaker animals are virtuous but powerless.
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By the 12th century, the council was essentially powerless as a separate entity, though it seems clear that the system was never formally dismantled.
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The town marshal is meanwhile powerless to act outside his jurisdiction beyond the town boundary.
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Feeling trapped and oppressed by others, and powerless to change.
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Bureaucracy naturally welcomes a poorly informed and hence a powerless parliamentat least insofar as ignorance somehow agrees with the bureaucracys interests.
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