impuissant

• (And don't go arguing that there may be some sort of connection between being immunodeficient and suffering from "a complex of wasting diseases"; we are in the fierce realms of the Dionysian, and you should've checked your impuissant Apollonian "logic" at the door.) —  Bouphonia
• But we need far clearer descriptions of what is meant by "poor," for Scripture recognizes more than one kind: the indigent poor who may lack the basic commodities of food and shelter, to the impuissant poor who lack political clout and social esteem and are victims of prejudice, to the humble poor who are spiritually meek and dependent upon God. —  Common Grounds Online
• Et je ne vois en vous que l'effort impuissant —  The Heavenly Father Lectures on Modern Atheism
• C'est vrai que je me sentais impuissant devant le drame qui se jouait à des milliers de kilomètres de chez moi, mais, au moins, je pouvais parler, témoigner. —  Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas
• 'Lutteur impuissant et fatigué,' says M. Hamel, the most thoroughgoing defender of Robespierre, upon this, 'il va se retirer, moralement du moins.' —  Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 1 of 3) Essay 1: Robespierre

Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms