Meaning | lacking power or ability. |
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Examples | - morality without technology is impotent"- Freeman J.Dyson
- "felt impotent rage"
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Attribute of | potency, effectiveness, strength | Capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects |
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Narrower | effete | Deprived of vigor and the ability to be effective |
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impuissant | lacking physical strength or vigor |
ineffective, ineffectual, unable | lacking in power or forcefulness |
See also | powerless | lacking power |
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sterile, unfertile, infertile | incapable of reproducing |
Opposite | potent, strong, stiff | Having a strong physiological or chemical effect |
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Spanish | impotente |
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Catalan | impotent |
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Nouns | impotence, impotency | the quality of lacking strength or power |
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Adverbs | impotently | in a helpless manner |
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