Enfeebled vs Powerless - What's the difference?
enfeebled | powerless | Related terms |
(enfeeble)
To make feeble.
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* 1774, Dr Samuel Johnson, Preface to the Works of the English Poets , J. Nichols, Volume II, Page 130,
Lacking sufficient power or strength.
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Lacking legal authority.
Enfeebled is a related term of powerless.
As a verb enfeebled
is (enfeeble).As an adjective powerless is
lacking sufficient power or strength.enfeebled
English
Verb
(head)enfeeble
English
Verb
(enfeebl)Roll up, roll up! The Amazing Salmond will show a Scotland you won't believe", The Guardian , 8 September 2014:
- In the face of enfeebled , self-harming opposition on both sides of the border (and a miserable economic recession on both sides too) he has performed brilliantly.
- "...the gout, with which he had long been tormented, prevailed over the enfeebled powers of nature."
Synonyms
* weakenpowerless
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- You are powerless to stop me
- The traffic warden was powerless to stop me driving away.