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  • adjective Not empowering.

Etymologies

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un- +‎ empowering

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Examples

  • I have no interest in telling people what they should or should not find empowering; I just have some clear opinions about what seems to me to be unempowering.

    Our Motherhood, Our Selves | Her Bad Mother 2008

  • I have no interest in telling people what they should or should not find empowering; I just have some clear opinions about what seems to me to be unempowering.

    Archive 2008-03-16 2008

  • I have no interest in telling people what they should or should not find empowering; I just have some clear opinions about what seems to me to be unempowering.

    Our Motherhood, Our Selves 2008

  • He found the environment of a big traditional American company “very bureaucratic and unempowering.”

    Evolutionary Leadership Susan Annunzio Julie Liesse 2001

  • Well, it's unempowering unless you think about the bravery of the two officers who risked their lives to patrol the city's streets.

    JSOnline.com 2010

  • This is a complete change of subject and completely unempowering news.

    JSOnline.com 2010

  • Yes, it’s just one comment here (and a few on a previous post of HBM’s that I reacted to in the same way) but I find it interesting that none of you jumped on Iowa for “unempowering” and diminishing those of us who can’t nurse, but Mz. X is the new resident antichrist.

    Bare Your Boobs In The Air! Like You Just Don’t Care! | Her Bad Mother 2008

  • Yes, it’s just one comment here and a few on a previous post of HBM’s that I reacted to in the same way but I find it interesting that none of you jumped on Iowa for “unempowering” and diminishing those of us who can’t nurse, but Mz.

    Bare Your Boobs In The Air! Like You Just Don't Care! 2008

  • "I decided then and there that it was time to offer an alternative to those narcissistic, self - centered and often unempowering messages that are displayed on t-shirts today but at the same time I wanted to make sure that it was trendy, and appealing to fashion-conscious women.

    PRWeb - Daily News Feed 2010

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