unpowerful

pow·er·ful

U u

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [pou-er-fuh l]
- /ˈpaʊ ər fəl/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [pou-er-fuh l]
- /ˈpaʊ ər fəl/

Definitions of unpowerful word

adjective unpowerful having or exerting great power or force. 1
adjective unpowerful physically strong, as a person: a large, powerful athlete. 1
adjective unpowerful producing great physical effects, as a machine or a blow. 1
adjective unpowerful potent; efficacious: a powerful drug. 1
adjective unpowerful having great effectiveness, as a speech, speaker, description, reason, etc. 1
adjective unpowerful having great power, authority, or influence; mighty: a powerful nation. 1

See all 8 definitions of unpowerful

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Origin of unpowerful

First appearance:

before 1350

One of the 20% oldest English words

First recorded in 1350-1400, powerful is from the Middle English word powarfull. See power, -ful

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Parts of speech for Unpowerful

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Unpowerful

unpowerful popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Antonyms for unpowerful

adj unpowerful

hard as nails — tough, durable
heavy-duty — providing an unusual amount of power, durability, etc.: heavy-duty machinery; heavy-duty shoes.
in fine feather — one of the horny structures forming the principal covering of birds, consisting typically of a hard, tubular portion attached to the body and tapering into a thinner, stemlike portion bearing a series of slender, barbed processes that interlock to form a flat structure on each side.

All 3 Antonyms of unpowerful