mightless

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/ˈmaɪt.ləs/

adjective

Lacking in might or vigour; powerless; weak.

Opposite
mightful
OriginMiddle English mightles ← Old English mihtlēas ← Proto-Germanic *mahtilausaz →
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Meanings

adjectivemightless (comparative more mightless, superlative most mightless)

comparative more mightless · superlative most mightless

  1. Lacking in might or vigour; powerless; weak.

    So the mightless Tannenbaum, with two cups of wine in hand, plus a burger, chased Lilly back down as Ezra scooted into the shadows, leaving her to face the mayor all by herself.

    2004, Dianne Drake, Lilly's Law, page 153

    Antonyms: mightful

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveLacking in might or vigour; powerless; weak.

Opposite
mightful
Also see
powerless

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*mahtilausaz
  2. Old Englishmihtlēas
  3. Middle Englishmightles
  4. Englishmightless

From Middle English mightles, from Old English mihtlēas, mihtelēas, from Proto-Germanic *mahtilausaz; equivalent to might + -less. Cognate with Scots michtles, Saterland Frisian machtloos, West Frisian machteleas, Dutch machteloos, German Low German machtlos, German machtlos, Swedish maktlös, Icelandic máttlaus.

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