impotent
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pə adjective
1.
not potent; lacking power or ability.
2.
utterly unable (to do something).
3.
without force or effectiveness.
4.
lacking bodily strength or physically helpless.
5.
(of a male) unable to attain or sustain a penile erection.
noun
8.
an impotent person: therapy for sexual impotents.
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impotent (ˈɪmpətənt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | (when postpositive, often takes an infinitive) lacking sufficient strength; powerless |
| 2. | See erectile impotence (esp of males) unable to perform sexual intercourse |
| 3. | obsolete lacking self-control; unrestrained |
| 'impotence | |
| —n | |
| 'impotency | |
| —n | |
| 'impotentness | |
| —n | |
| 'impotently | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
impotent
late 14c., "physically weak," from O.Fr. impotent "powerless," from L. imponentem (nom. impotens) "lacking control, powerless," from in- "not" + ponentem (nom. potens) "potent." Meaning "having no power to accomplish anything" is from mid-15c.; that of "completely lacking in sexual power" is from 1590s
(implied in impotency).
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
impotent im·po·tent (ĭm'pə-tənt)
adj.
Incapable of sexual intercourse, often because of an inability to achieve or sustain an erection.
Sterile. Used of males.
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Example sentences
Judging by your impotent remark on my pen name, it's you who went down by the path of meaningless insults.
They would find ways around the pay system, rendering it impotent.
Foreign opinion will be outraged by the farcical legal case, but impotent.
Short term stop-gaps designed to make those currently in charge feel less impotent wont work.
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