Powerless vs Unmanageable - What's the difference?
powerless | unmanageable |
Lacking sufficient power or strength.
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Lacking legal authority.
Not manageable; not readily submitting to handling or management; not easily restrained, governed, or directed; not controllable.
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As adjectives the difference between powerless and unmanageable
is that powerless is lacking sufficient power or strength while unmanageable is not manageable; not readily submitting to handling or management; not easily restrained, governed, or directed; not controllable.powerless
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- You are powerless to stop me
- The traffic warden was powerless to stop me driving away.
Derived terms
* powerlessness * superpowerlessSynonyms
* strengthless * weak * vulnerableAntonyms
* powerful * strongunmanageable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Globalisation is about taxes too, passage=It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable , unfair, distortionary global tax regime. It is a tax system that is pivotal in creating the increasing inequality that marks most advanced countries today […].}}