About The Word Impotent
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What's The Definition Of Impotent?
[adj] lacking power or ability; "Technology without morality is barbarous; morality without technology is impotent"- Freeman J.Dyson; "felt impotent rage"
[adj] (of a male) unable to copulate Synonyms | Synonyms for Impotent: ineffective | ineffectual | unable | weak Related Terms | Find terms related to Impotent: acarpous | aimless | anemic | arid | asexual | asthenic | barren | blank cartridge | bloodless | careless | castrated | castrato | celibate | chicken | childless | cold | cowardly | crippled | debilitated | desert | desolate | disabled | drained | dried-up | drooping | droopy | dry | dud | dull | easy | easygoing | effete | emasculate | emasculated | enervated | enfeebled | etiolated | eunuch | eunuchized | exhausted | faint | faintish | fallow | featherweight | feckless | feeble | flabby | flaccid | floppy | forceless | frail | frigid | fruitless | frustrated | gaunt | gelded | gelding | gone | gutless | helpless | imbecile | imprecise | inadequate | incompetent | indifferent | ineffective | ineffectual | inefficacious | inept | infecund | infertile | infirm | invalid | invertebrate | issueless | jejune | languid | languorous | lax | leached | lenient | lightweight | limber | limp | listless | loose | lustless | marrowless | meaningless | menopausal | negligent | nerveless | neuter | neutral | no go | no-account | nonfertile | nonproducing | nonproductive | nonprolific | of no account | of no use | overindulgent | overpermissive | permissive | pithless | pointless | pooped | powerless | purposeless | relaxed | remiss | rubbery | sapless | sexless | sine prole | sinewless | slack | slipshod | sloppy | soft | spineless | sterile | strengthless | sucked dry | superfluous | teemless | unauthoritative | unavailing | uncultivated | unfertile | unfruitful | unhardened | unnerved | unplowed | unproductive | unprolific | unrestrained | unsexed | unsexual | unsown | unstrung | untilled | useless | virgin | waste | wasted | weak | weakling | weakly | without any weight | without issue See Also | infertile | powerless | unfertile Impotent In Webster's Dictionary \Im"po*tent\, a. [F. impotent, L. impotens, -entis;
pref. im- not + potens potent, powerful. See {Potent}.]
1. Not potent; wanting power, strength. or vigor. whether
physical, intellectual, or moral; deficient in capacity;
destitute of force; weak; feeble; infirm.
There sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent inhis
feet. --Acts xiv. 8.
O most lame and impotent conclusion! --Shak.
Not slow to hear, Nor impotent to save. --Addison.
2. Wanting the power of self-restraint; incontrolled;
ungovernable; violent.
Impotent of tongue, her silence broke. --Dryden.
3. (Med.) Wanting the power of procreation; unable to
copulate; also, sometimes, sterile; barren.
\Im"po*tent\, n. One who is imoitent. [R.] --Shak. |
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