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powerless

adjective as in helpless; ineffective

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We ask PC Middleton if he can see why some people believe the police are powerless.

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That is what powerless people say to make doing nothing OK.

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One of Carl's victims told police he felt "powerless" as there was "nothing I could do".

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Is the solution electing a governor for blue California, who — if not openly scorning the state’s millions of Republicans — is willing to render them politically powerless?

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“I am no longer weak. I am no longer powerless. And I am no longer alone,” said survivor Anouska de Georgiou.

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