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   impotent

   /ˈɪmpət(ə)nt/

   adjective

   • 1. unable to take effective action; helpless or powerless: "he was seized with an impotent anger" Similar powerlessineffectiveineffectualinadequateweakuselessworthlessvainfutileunavailingunsuccessfulprofitlessfruitlessliterary:impuissantweakpowerlessineffectivelamefeebleeffeteinformal:past itOpposite powerfuleffectivestrongeffective
   • 2. (of a man) abnormally unable to achieve an erection or orgasm: "he was on medication which had made him impotent"
   • ▪ (of a male animal) unable to copulate.

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French from Latin impotent- ‘powerless’, from in- ‘not’ + potent- (see potent1).

   Derivatives

   • 1. impotently adverb

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