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Feb 12, 2012
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pow•er•less



Pronunciation: (pou'ur-lis), [key]
—adj.
1. unable to produce an effect: a disease against which modern medicine is virtually powerless.
2. lacking power to act; helpless: His legs crumpled, and he was powerless to rise.

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