Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Lacking physical strength or vigor; weak.
- adjective Lacking in power, as to act effectively; helpless.
- adjective Incapable of sexual intercourse because of an inability to achieve or sustain an erection.
- adjective Obsolete Lacking self-restraint.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not potent; lacking power, strength, or vigor, physical, intellectual, or moral; powerless; weak; feeble.
- Wholly lacking in sexual power: said of the male, and rarely of the female.
- Lacking the power of self-restraint; destitute of self-command; ungovernable.
- noun One who is feeble, infirm, or languishing under disease.
- noun A male without sexual power.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare One who is impotent.
- adjective Not potent; wanting power, strength. or vigor. whether physical, intellectual, or moral; deficient in capacity; destitute of force; weak; feeble; infirm.
- adjective Wanting the power of self-restraint; incontrolled; ungovernable; violent.
- adjective (Med.) Wanting the power of procreation; unable to copulate; also, sometimes, sterile; barren
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Lacking physical strength or vigor; weak.
- adjective Lacking in power, as to act effectively; helpless
- adjective Incapable of sexual intercourse, often because of an inability to achieve or sustain an erection.
- adjective of a male
Sterile . - adjective obsolete Lacking
self-restraint .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of a male) unable to copulate
- adjective lacking power or ability
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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The small group of soldiers screamed and waved their weapons in impotent rage, but most wept silently, clinging to loved ones, stoically awaiting their fate.
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The small group of soldiers screamed and waved their weapons in impotent rage, but most wept silently, clinging to loved ones, stoically awaiting their fate.
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"Eh, you old scoundrel," he added, turning to the old chief, who sat gibbering in impotent rage at the foot of the steps.
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The small group of soldiers screamed and waved their weapons in impotent rage, but most wept silently, clinging to loved ones, stoically awaiting their fate.
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She sprang to her feet, wringing her hands in impotent wrath.
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Britain, on the other hand, could only look on in impotent fury.
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Britain, on the other hand, could only look on in impotent fury.
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If you could only see me shaking my fist in impotent rage at the screen right now.
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If you could only see me shaking my fist in impotent rage at the screen right now.
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Though the US being impotent is really the goal of the left.
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