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be unable or powerless to do or accomplish VB

Usage examples with powerless

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English
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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Selection is thus powerless, and the species is carried automatically in the direction marked out by internal factors controlling variation.
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Feeling trapped and oppressed by others, and powerless to change.
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She was powerless to stop the flow of events.
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The town marshal is meanwhile powerless to act outside his jurisdiction beyond the town boundary.
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Fighter aircraft would be relegated to spotting patrols, but would be essentially powerless to resist the mighty bombers.
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If it is only soft and flexible, it is powerless.
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When she is old and powerless, she finally agrees.
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But beyond such poor revenge, he was powerless for any open enmity.
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A spectre is powerless in natural sunlight and flees from it.
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