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im⋅pu⋅is⋅sant

  [im-pyoo-uh-suhnt, im-pyoo-is-uhnt, im-pwis-uhnt]
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–adjective
lacking strength; feeble; weak.
Origin:
1620–30; < MF; see im- 2 , puissant

Related forms:
im⋅pu⋅is⋅sance, noun
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im·pu·is·sance   (ĭm-pyōō'ĭ-səns, ĭm-pwĭs'əns)   
n.  Lack of power or effectiveness; weakness.

[Middle English impuissaunce, from Old French impuissance : in-, not; see in-1 + puissance, power; see puissance.]
im·pu'is·sant adj.
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