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impotent

[ im-puh-tuhnt ]

adjective

  1. not potent; lacking power or ability.

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  2. utterly unable (to do something).

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  3. without force or effectiveness.

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  4. lacking bodily strength or physically helpless.
  5. (of a male) unable to attain or sustain a penile erection.
  6. (especially of a male) sterile.
  7. Obsolete. without restraint.


noun

  1. an impotent person:

    therapy for sexual impotents.

impotent

/ ˈɪəəԳ /

adjective

  1. when postpositive, often takes an infinitive lacking sufficient strength; powerless
  2. (esp of males) unable to perform sexual intercourse See erectile impotence
  3. obsolete.
    lacking self-control; unrestrained
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Derived Forms

  • ˈdzٱԳٱ, adverb
  • ˈdzٱԳ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • p·ٱԳ· adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of impotent1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Latin impotent-, stem of dzŧԲ “without power over oneself or others”; equivalent to im- 2 + potent 1
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Democrats are all but impotent; Republicans have capitulated; the media is fractured.

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"I'm now in another limbo and just feel totally impotent."

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Right now Trump is busily flooding the zone, threatening people, making it seem as if he is a juggernaut who can't be stopped and any opposition is impotent.

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The hit film, based on the hit Broadway musical of the same name, promotes themes of female empowerment and resistance against a grifting, impotent entertainer posing as an all-powerful being.

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Biden imploded and appeared to be impotent before Trump’s barrage of lies and manic energy.

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