impotent
[adjective]
Synonyms: powerless, feeble, frail, helpless, incapable, incapacitated, incompetent, ineffective, paralysed, weak

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Antonyms: potent
Contrasted words: able, capable, competent, forceful, powerful, puissant, strenuous, vigorous
Related Words: crippled, disabled, enfeebled

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

im‧po‧tent /ˈɪmpətənt/ adjective

1. unable to take effective action because you do not have enough power, strength, or control:
Emergency services seem impotent in the face of such a disaster.
impotent rage

2. a man who is impotent is unable to have sex because he cannot get an erection
—impotently adverb
—impotence noun [uncountable]:
political impotence

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

impotent
adj.
I. without enough power/influence
VERBS be, feel, prove | remain | leave sb, make sb, render sb Companies are rendered impotent by all the rules and regulations.
ADV. completely, quite, totally | virtually | politically
PREP. against They were virtually impotent against the power of the large companies.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

impotent
II. not capable of having sex
VERBS be | become | leave sb, make sb The operation left him impotent.
ADV. sexually

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