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Mightless (adj) means Without strength or energy; feeble.

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Without strength or energy; feeble.
"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." — Dianne Drake, Lilly's Law (2004)
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Etymology

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

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"mightless" (adj) means without strength or energy; feeble.
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