unempowered
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7.0
- adjective
- /ˌʌnɪmˈpaʊərd/
:
desempoderado
- The new policies left the students feeling unempowered to voice their concerns during the meetings.
I there was there have been moments this year when I have felt deeply hopeless and deeply sort of unempowered in like how we going to sort of fight this.
- I there was there have been moments this year when I have felt deeply hopeless and deeply sort of unempowered in like how we going to sort of fight this.
Examples
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So people felt completely unempowered, that if a decision was made, it was made, and there was nothing you could do about it.
Blog text (16) -
One gentleman stood and said that the real problem is that the people there are completely unempowered.
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The question remains, can administrators change the unempowered feelings of dissatisfied teachers?
Academic text (1991) -
Her appearance and the distinguishing features of her speech community mark her as a member of the unempowered female workforce of 1930s England.
Academic text (2001) -
In the literature on precontact social relations, widows are often described as unempowered and obliged to remarry.
Academic text (1992) -
If Obama wants to reshape this country for the benefit of the poor and the unempowered, he needs to reduce the stability and inertia that the middle class both desires and provides.
Blog text (2) -
Many citizens feel unempowered when important decisions are made without their input.
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In discussions about social justice, many marginalized groups express how they feel unempowered to affect change.
Synonyms
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1.0
Not having the skill, strength or things needed to do something
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1.6
Not able to control people or make strong decisions
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2.0
Not able to act or protect yourself
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3.6
Unable to do or stop something because you have no control
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6.8
Unable to act or change a situation
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6.6
People who are treated badly by those with power
Not able to make major decisions for a company
Not strong and not able to make things happen
A place or group that cannot govern itself because outside people control it
Having no official power or duties in a job
People who lack the right to vote and have little power in society
Antonyms
How Empowered
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unempowered comes from the parts un- ('not') and empower, which is built on power ('ability to act' or 'authority'). So, unempowered describes someone who does not have the power, support, or confidence to make decisions or change things.