Crossword-Solution: POWERLESS
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Powerless | a. | Destitute of power, force, or energy; weak; impotent; not able to produce any effect. |
We have 37 clues for the answer “POWERLESS”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Unable to put up a defense | 1 answer |
| Unable to make a difference | 1 answer |
| Having no juice | 1 answer |
| Dead in the water | 2 answers |
| gutless | 8 answers |
| ABROGATED | 15 answers |
| AT bay | 16 answers |
| precocious | 19 answers |
| Primordial ___ | 20 answers |
| quickened | 21 answers |
| precipitant | 21 answers |
| unpowered | 26 answers |
| anemic | 26 answers |
| Inoperative | 30 answers |
| thwarted | 33 answers |
| prior | 34 answers |
| weakened | 35 answers |
| unapt | 37 answers |
| hors de combat | 40 answers |
| Unarmed | 43 answers |
| Unable | 47 answers |
| Untimely? | 47 answers |
| Incapable | 47 answers |
| unauthorised | 48 answers |
| Notable | 50 answers |
| Invalid | 51 answers |
| Impotent | 52 answers |
| unskilful | 65 answers |
| Unfit | 74 answers |
| slipshod | 74 answers |
| Futile | 76 answers |
| Feeble | 79 answers |
| Ineffectual | 79 answers |
| Inactive | 80 answers |
| Weak | 86 answers |
| Trivial | 90 answers |
| Insignificant | 96 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TAREE
Hint 3 another clue
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Sentences with POWERLESS (5)
The Old Lion A LION, worn out with years and powerless from disease, lay on the ground at the point of death.
Gabriel lately, for the first time since his prostration by misfortune, had been independent in thought and vigorous in action to a marked extent—conditions which, powerless without an opportunity as an opportunity without them is barren, would have given him a sure lift upwards when the favourable conjunction should have occurred.
Marguerite, horrified at the terrible consequences of her own thoughtlessness, was powerless to save the Marquis: her own coterie, the leaders of the revolutionary movement, all proclaimed her as a heroine: and when she married Sir Percy Blakeney, she did not perhaps altogether realise how severely he would look upon the sin, which she had so inadvertently committed, and which still lay heavily upon her soul.
Nevertheless, community power and wealth has come to be divided into two major divisions: the rich and powerful few and the poor and powerless majority.
Let us hope that our theory is correct, and that their shafts are powerless against minds cognizant of their unreality.
Quotes with POWERLESS (3)
We are not helpless... Many times in our lives we’ve been powerless, but not this night. Right now we have the power to choose the manner in which we die. If you have been a master of nothing else in all your days, you are now a master of this moment. And I for one am going to give such an answer to this insult that others will dearly regret not being by my side to see it!
Why was is that the Light acted through lies, and the Darkness acted though the truth? Why was is that our truth proved powerless, but lies were effective? And why was the Darkness able to manage perfectly well with truth in order to do Evil?
... But the Mahommedan religion increases, instead of lessening, the fury of intolerance. It was originally propagated by the sword, and ever since, its votaries have been subject, above the people of all other creeds, to this form of madness. In a moment the fruits of patient toil, the prospects of material prosperity, the fear of death itself, are flung aside. The more emotional Pathans are powerless to resist. All rational considerations are forgotten. Seizing their weapon…
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Newsday, NYT, WSJ.
Used 6 times in crossword archives (1979–2025).