Sentence examples for were disempowered from inspiring English sources
verb
To remove confidence from (someone) to do something.
Courts were disempowered, and judges replaced on the basis of loyalty to the junta.
Some women were disempowered, remaining in the lower echelons as they worked in the hastily constructed cribs of the back alleys of the Barbary Coast area; others gained an unprecedented ascension to power in San Francisco becoming real estate barons that their families carry to this day.
They did not seem to recognize that their skills or abilities as healthcare professionals had an impact on the dynamics of patient adherence; instead, they clearly felt as if they were disempowered to alter these critical issues substantively and are thus subject to a patients' whims.
How strange if Congress were disempowered in this critical arena.
Hypothetically, overturning Citizens United could happen but what needs to happen is re-empowering those who were disempowered.
Women who were disempowered from choosing their place of delivery were twice as likely to have home deliveries compared with those who had full autonomy.
We are disempowered, and disconnected.
As casual, I am disempowered, silenced and compliant.
And when people are disempowered, that's when they're likely to become violent".
"It's not a desire to be disempowered," Ms. Kaminer added.
There's so much unemployment in my area [north west Wales] that young people are disempowered and leaving".
