be in no position to do something Definition

position
noun

1. A place where someone or something is.

Example: The mansion was in a fine position overlooking the bay
Thesaurus: place, placement, placing, location, locality, spot, seat, ground, environment, whereabouts, station, point, situation, site, area.
2. The right or proper place.

Example: Volume 2 was out of position
3. The relationship of things to one another in space; arrangement.
4. A way of sitting, standing, lying, facing, being held or placed, etc.

Example: an upright position
5. military.
A place occupied for strategic purposes.
6. One's opinion or viewpoint

Example: What's your position on euthanasia?
Thesaurus: opinion, judgement, view, viewpoint, point of view, belief, outlook, attitude, perspective, standpoint, disposition.
7. A job or post.

Example: Bill holds a senior position at the bank
Thesaurus: job, office, responsibility, place, slot, post.
8. Rank; status; importance in society.

Example: wealth and position
9. The place of a competitor in the finishing order, or at an earlier stage in a contest.

Example: lying in fourth position
10. sport.
An allotted place in a team, especially on the pitch or playing-area.
Example: the centre-forward position
11. The set of circumstances in which one is placed.

Example: not in a position to help
Example: found myself in an awkward position

verb

positioned, positioning
1. To place; to put something or someone in position.

Thesaurus: place, put, set, settle, stick, arrange, locate, stand, lay out, pose, array, deploy, dispose, fix, range.

Idiom: be in no position to do something

To have no right to (complain, criticize, etc).

Derivative: positional
adj

Etymology: 15c: French, from Latin positio, positionis, from ponere to place.