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- Dictionaryimpotent/ˈɪmpət(ə)nt/
adjective
- 1. unable to take effective action; helpless or powerless: "he was seized with an impotent anger" Similar Opposite
- 2. (of a man) abnormally unable to achieve an erection or orgasm: "he was on medication which had made him impotent"
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The meaning of IMPOTENT is not potent : lacking in power, strength, or vigor : helpless. How to use impotent in a sentence. Did you know?
IMPOTENT definition: 1. not having the power or ability to change or improve a situation: 2. If a man is impotent, he…. Learn more.
without force or effectiveness. Synonyms: weak, feeble, ineffective, ineffectual. lacking bodily strength or physically helpless. (of a male) unable to attain or sustain a penile erection. (especially of a male) sterile. Obsolete. without restraint.
Impotent means lacking power or authority. Captain Bligh was impotent in the face of Christian's mutiny. It also refers to a man's inability to achieve or maintain an erection. If a man is sterile, or unable to reproduce, he is also called impotent.
If someone feels impotent, they feel that they have no power to influence people or events. The aggression of a bully leaves people feeling hurt, angry and impotent. In impotent rage he got up and stalked up and down the flat.
1. not potent; lacking power or ability. 2. lacking force or effectiveness. 3. (of a male) unable to attain or sustain a penile erection. 4. (esp. of a male) sterile. 5. Obs. being without restraint.
: an abnormal physical or psychological state of a male characterized by inability to engage in sexual intercourse because of failure to have or maintain an erection : erectile dysfunction. Synonyms. inability. inadequacy. incapability. incapacity. incompetence. incompetency. ineptitude. insufficiency. powerlessness.
Unable to engage in sexual intercourse, esp. because of an inability to have or sustain an erection. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Lacking self-restraint. American Heritage. (of a male) Sterile. Wiktionary. Synonyms: ineffectual. incapable. inadequate. helpless. powerless. weak. unfruitful. childless. sterile. barren. infertile. inept.
having no power to change things or to influence a situation synonym powerless. Without the chairman's support, the committee is impotent. She blazed with impotent rage. They were virtually impotent against the power of the large companies. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
not having the power or strength to do anything to change a situation: When your child is ill, you feel so impotent. impotence. noun [ U ] uk / ˈɪmpətəns / us. (Definition of impotent from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of impotent. in Chinese (Traditional) 無力量的, 無能力的, 性問題… See more.
