unmight

/ˈʌnˌmaɪt/

Etymology

From Middle English unmight, onmiȝt, from Old English unmiht, unmeht, unmeaht (“weakness; lack of power”), from Proto-Germanic *unmahtiz (“inability; weakness”), equivalent to un- (“lack or absence of”) + might. Cognate with Dutch onmacht, German Ohnmacht, Icelandic ómáttur (“unmight”).

noun

  1. The absence or lack of might; powerlessness; weakness“They might fail to grant redress either because, to use the expressive words of various ordinances,“there was too great might on the one side and too great unmight on the other,” [...]”