Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not powerful; impotent.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not powerful; weak.
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- adjective Not
powerful .
Etymologies
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Examples
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With one politically powerful group paying, and another politically unpowerful group receiving the checks, the cost control is automatic.
Five Big Health Care Questions, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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On these dates they're performing the works of Robert Wyatt and Antony Hegarty, themselves neither unpowerful, nor unoriginal vocalists.
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I'm going to add my voice, as humble and unpowerful as it is, to the growing chorus asking the Republicans to take a step back, and think longer term, bigger picture.
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Al-Reilly has also just fliipped off the Minority Leader, a not unpowerful San Franciscan.
Think Progress » Fox’s Gibson Brushes Off O’Reilly Remark: “I’m Sure That’s Not What He Meant” 2005
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The first leading edge came through on Friday afternoon and seemed surprisingly unpowerful compared to what we've seen in the course of Friday.
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And seemed surprisingly unpowerful compared to what we have seen in the course of Friday.
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Bailouts of the undeserving, if they are powerful, and cruel indifference to the deserving, if they are unpowerful, are part of a larger problem.
Latest Articles 2010
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I wanted a Book of the Way accessible to a present-day, unwise, unpowerful, and perhaps unmale reader, not seeking esoteric secrets, but listening for a voice that speaks to the soul.
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Bailouts of the undeserving, if they are powerful, and cruel indifference to the deserving, if they are unpowerful, are part of a larger problem.
FrontPage Magazine 2010
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Bailouts of the undeserving, if they are powerful, and cruel indifference to the deserving, if they are unpowerful, are part of a larger problem.
Jihad Monitor 2010
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