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    The condition or state of being incapable of accomplishing or effecting anything: impotence, inadequacy, incapability, ineffectiveness, ineffectuality, ineffectualness, inefficacy, powerlessness, uselessness. See affect/ineffectiveness, strong/weak.

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The noun has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: powerlessness revealed by an inability to act
  Synonyms: weakness, impuissance

Meaning #2: the state of needing help from something

Meaning #3: a feeling of being unable to manage

 
 
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