Word: powerless
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: pow
er
less
Definition: Lacking legal authority; a form of leadership in which the authority of an organization or a ruling regime is largely tied to legal rationality, legal legitimacy and bureaucracy
Morphemes:
Affix: power
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The people in charge of legal or political power, the government.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: potis
Language: la
Decoded: potis
Meaning: able, capable
Affix: sum
Language: la
Decoded: sum
Meaning: I am
Affix: -less
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Lacking (something); without (something). Added usually to a noun to form an adjective signifying a lack of that noun.