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Unpowered vs Powerless - What's the difference?

unpowered | powerless |

As adjectives the difference between unpowered and powerless

is that unpowered is lacking in power, especially electrical power while powerless is lacking sufficient power or strength.

unpowered

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Lacking in power, especially electrical power.
  • Not using or requiring power, especially artificial power. For example, an unpowered boat (a sailing boat), aircraft (a glider) etc.

    • Antonyms

    * powered

    powerless

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Lacking sufficient power or strength.
    • You are powerless to stop me
  • *
  • Lacking legal authority.
    • The traffic warden was powerless to stop me driving away.

    Derived terms

    * powerlessness * superpowerless

    Synonyms

    * strengthless * weak * vulnerable

    Antonyms

    * powerful * strong