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superpowerless

adj

Etymology

From superpower + -less or super- + powerless.

  1. derived from possum
  2. derived from posso
  3. derived from poeir
  4. inherited from power
  5. prefixed as superpower — “super + power”
  6. suffixed as superpowerless — “superpower + less”

Definitions

  1. In fiction, lacking a superpower

    In fiction, lacking a superpower; lacking the special attributes of a superhero or supervillain.

    • The idea of a practically unarmed, unshielded, and superpowerless human boy defeating what was probably the mightiest warrior of the day without any external aid is absolutely absurd.
    • The 1969 dispenser was of the short-lived superpowerless karate-chopping Wonder Woman written by the legendary Dennis O'Neil.

  2. Extremely powerless.

    • Though nihilism may not be invincible, superpowers are superpowerless against it.
    • Yet the balance of power (or terror) is so evenly matched that the superpowers are superpowerless to use their awesome might in any situation short of an actual enemy attack.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA