as in inability
the lack of sufficient ability, power, or means
the congressional committee's essential impotence in affecting the management of the war was frustrating to its members
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Recent Examples of impotence
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, those totems of Democratic impotence, entered together and acted as if they’d been instructed never to shoot each other so much as a passing glance.
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Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
Social media, though, offers an alternative to this impotence.
—Callum Booth, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
As such, side effects of surgery and radiation therapy for prostate cancer often include incontinence, impotence and bowel dysfunction.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 9 Jan. 2025
The response is similar concerning United’s impotence in front of goal.
—Laurie Whitwell, The Athletic, 16 Feb. 2025
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Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
Social media, though, offers an alternative to this impotence.
—Callum Booth, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
As such, side effects of surgery and radiation therapy for prostate cancer often include incontinence, impotence and bowel dysfunction.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 9 Jan. 2025
The response is similar concerning United’s impotence in front of goal.
—Laurie Whitwell, The Athletic, 16 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impotence
inability
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Rage, fatigue, mood swings, memory loss, hot flashes, itchy ears, inability to sleep, loss of libido, hair thinning, depression, weight gain, sore knees, night sweats, incontinence.—
Katia Riddle,
NPR,
15 May 2025
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More accurately, the newly positive change in your 401(k) has to do with the inability of presidents to ignore market sentiment and live to tell the tale.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2025
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“Impotence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impotence. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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