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impotent
adjective
im·po·tent ˈim-pə-tənt 
impotent noun
impotently adverb
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A police department may be impotent to stop the flow of drugs into a neighborhood. A group of countries may be impotent to force another country to change its human-rights policies. The impotence of a prime minister may be shown by her inability to get an important piece of legislation passed. Impotent and impotence may also have a special meaning, when they refer to a man's inability to have sexual intercourse.
Synonyms
Example Sentences
an impotent ruler who was just a figurehead
Recent Examples on the Web Without the modulation of emotional peaks and valleys — without moments of quietude, against which to contrast all of Brian’s pointless, impotent rage — the film gradually grows tedious. 
Michael O'sullivan, Washington Post, 22 Aug. 2022 Reports rarely mention the pain inflicted on Russia by Western sanctions, which are universally dismissed as impotent. New York Times, 21 Aug. 2022 Reports rarely mention the pain inflicted on Russia by Western sanctions, which are universally dismissed as impotent. BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2022 With political institutions impotent or indifferent, disillusionment becomes pervasive. Samuel Goldman, The Week, 18 May 2022 On the other hand, why these expressions of impotent outrage? Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 25 May 2022 Foiled again by an impotent offensive performance, they were shut out for the third time in their last five games at American Family Field, this time by a score of 10-0 at the hands of the Philadelphia Phillies. Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel, 8 June 2022 In truth, the technocrats and the managers are almost always impotent in the face of the authoritarian state. Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 16 May 2022 Kliff Kingsbury is 8-17 over the final eight games of the season and playoffs in his NFL career, which includes an impotent 34-11 Wild Card loss last January. Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 11 May 2022 See More
Michael O'sullivan, Washington Post, 22 Aug. 2022 Reports rarely mention the pain inflicted on Russia by Western sanctions, which are universally dismissed as impotent. New York Times, 21 Aug. 2022 Reports rarely mention the pain inflicted on Russia by Western sanctions, which are universally dismissed as impotent. BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2022 With political institutions impotent or indifferent, disillusionment becomes pervasive. Samuel Goldman, The Week, 18 May 2022 On the other hand, why these expressions of impotent outrage? Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 25 May 2022 Foiled again by an impotent offensive performance, they were shut out for the third time in their last five games at American Family Field, this time by a score of 10-0 at the hands of the Philadelphia Phillies. Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel, 8 June 2022 In truth, the technocrats and the managers are almost always impotent in the face of the authoritarian state. Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 16 May 2022 Kliff Kingsbury is 8-17 over the final eight games of the season and playoffs in his NFL career, which includes an impotent 34-11 Wild Card loss last January. Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 11 May 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, from Latin impotent-, impotens, from in- + potent-, potens potent
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Time Traveler
The first known use of impotent was in the 14th century adjective¹
adjective²
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