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im·po·tent
 impotent
- pronunciation:
- Im
p
tnt
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
lacking strength, effectiveness, or capability.
He was popular and had charisma, but he proved to be an impotent leader.The city was impotent to avert the disaster.- antonyms:
- effective, potent, powerful, puissant
- similar words:
- feeble, ineffective, powerless, sterile, weak
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| definition 2: |
of a male, unable to have an erection of the penis.
It was not his age, but the side effect of a drug that caused him to be impotent.- antonyms:
- potent
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| definition 3: |
of a male, sterile.
As the husband was impotent, the couple were unable to have children. |
| related words: |
barren, futile, limp, useless |
| derivation: |
impotently (adv.) |
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