Impotent synonyms

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powerless
Lacking legal authority.
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frigid
Extremely cold; without heat or warmth
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sterile (related)
Lacking the power to function; not productive or effective; fruitless:
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infertile
Relating to soil or land that is not capable of supporting or is unfavorable to the growth of plants.
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embitter (related)
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ineffective
Not producing an intended effect; ineffectual:
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inept
Showing a lack of judgment, sense, or reason; inappropriate or foolish:
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infirm
Weak or ill, not in good health.
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barren
The definition of barren is something or someone who is not productive or fruitful, or a place with few or no plants.
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unproductive
(Economics) Adding nothing to exchangeable value.
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unable (related)
Not able; lacking a certain ability.
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weak (related)
Lacking firmness of character or strength of will:
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feeble
Having little capacity to withstand pressure or strain:
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helpless
Impossible to control; involuntary:
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incapable
Unable to perform adequately; incompetent:
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able (antonym)
Free from constraints preventing completion of task; permitted to; not prevented from. [First attested from around 1350 to 1470).]
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potent (antonym)
Able to achieve and maintain an erection that allows for sexual intercourse. Used of a male.
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capable (antonym)
Able and efficient; having the ability needed for a specific task; having the disposition to do something; permitting or being susceptible to something.
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fertile (antonym)
(Physics) Capable of producing fissionable material:
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strong (antonym)
Not easily upset; resistant to harmful or unpleasant influences:
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productive (antonym)
Yielding good or useful results; constructive
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inadequate
Not adequate; not sufficient; not equal to what is required
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childless
Not having any children.
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unfruitful
Not bearing fruit or offspring; barren.
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ability (related)
Not capable of accomplishing anything
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inarticulate (related)
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uncare (related)
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enfeeble (related)
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obstinate (related)
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help (related)
Lacking power or strength
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rich (related)
Highly varied, developed, or complex:
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Impotent Sentence Examples

  • Instead, she slumped against the wall, defeated by alcohol and impotent rage.

  • But in Protestantism reason and the light of nature are in themselves as impotent as in the Roman Church.

  • But these people were rendered licentious in revolt or impotent for salutary action by ignorance, by terror, by uneasy dread of the doom declared for heretics and rebels.

  • The hostility of the king rendered the council impotent.

  • The Christian governments either uttered useless and impotent complaints at Constantinople, or endeavoured to negotiate directly with Algiers, as in the case of the negotiations of Sanson Napollon during the ministry of Richelieu.

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