impotent Meaning, Definition & Usage
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adjective lacking power or ability; morality without technology is impotent"- Freeman J.Dyson
- Technology without morality is barbarous
- felt impotent rage
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adjective (of a male) unable to copulate
WordNet
Im"po*tent adjective
Etymology
F.Definitions
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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.
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Wanting the power of self-restraint; incontrolled; ungovernable; violent. Impotent of tongue, her silence broke. Dryden.
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(Med.) Wanting the power of procreation; unable to copulate; also, sometimes, sterile; barren.
Im"po*tent noun
Definitions
One who is imoitent. R. Shak.