forceless
- adjective
- /ˈfɔrsləs/
:
débil
- The athlete felt forceless after recovering from his injury, unable to perform at his best.
Examples
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In a moment of weakness, she delivered a forceless response to the tough question.
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His forceless argument failed to persuade anyone in the debate.
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These are, according to our modern understanding, open to be overwritten by the "forceless force of the better argument" (Habermas) - at least in theory.
Academic text (2017)
Synonyms
524
1.0
Not strong in body or muscles and easily tired
243
2.0
Not able to act or protect yourself
138
3.6
Unable to do or stop something because you have no control
27
3.7
Not strong or effective in producing results
25
6.8
Unable to act or change a situation
7
5.5
Not able to make a law or rule work
1
6.9
Not strong and having little effect or excitement
1
7.2
Weak and lacking energy or strength
Weak and not strong enough to change people's minds
Not strong and without power to act or change things
Not having power or influence to make changes
Not strong and not able to make things happen
Not strong or effective and unable to cause change
Unable to control or change a situation
Something that has no power to harm or control others and so is not effective
Antonyms
How Forceful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Forceless is made from force and the ending -less, where force means 'strength' or 'power' and -less means 'without'. So forceless literally means 'without force' — think of a weak handshake or a speech with no energy, which is why it describes something weak or not effective.