Complete Definition of "impotent"

English

Adjective
en-adj

  1. Lacking physical strength or vigor; weak.
  2. Lacking in power, as to act effectively; helpless: �Technology without morality is barbarous; morality without technology is impotent� (Freeman J. Dyson).
  3. Incapable of sexual intercourse, often because of an inability to achieve or sustain an erection.
  4. Sterile (used of males).
  5. obsolete Lacking self-restraint.

Synonyms
(lacking strength): feeble, puny, weak
(lacking power): helpless, powerless
(incapable of sexual intercourse):
(sterile): infertile, sterile
(lacking self-restraint):

Translations
French impuissant m, impuissante f

fr:impotent
io:impotent
id:impotent
te:impotent
vi:impotent
zh:impotent

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