1
as in sterile
not able to produce fruit or offspring
most mules are impotent
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as in helpless
unable to act or achieve one's purpose
an impotent ruler who was just a figurehead
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Recent Examples of impotent
The result: impotent adult flies that cause female mates to lay unfertilized eggs.
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Kameryn Griesser, CNN Money, 9 July 2025
This French film featured the sexiest woman in the world at that time, Brigitte Bardot, who appears in the nude and whose husband might be impotent.
—Suzanne Jill Levine
june 30, Literary Hub, 30 June 2025
And the God, who is an omnipotent God, in many ways become impotent, because God has given us the gift to choose.
—Scott Simon, NPR, 28 June 2025
The trade immediately improved the Kings’ offense and rescued an impotent power play, helping win 17 of its final 22 games to place second in the Pacific Division, the best finish of Blake’s term as general manager.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2025
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Kameryn Griesser, CNN Money, 9 July 2025
This French film featured the sexiest woman in the world at that time, Brigitte Bardot, who appears in the nude and whose husband might be impotent.
—Suzanne Jill Levine
june 30, Literary Hub, 30 June 2025
And the God, who is an omnipotent God, in many ways become impotent, because God has given us the gift to choose.
—Scott Simon, NPR, 28 June 2025
The trade immediately improved the Kings’ offense and rescued an impotent power play, helping win 17 of its final 22 games to place second in the Pacific Division, the best finish of Blake’s term as general manager.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impotent
Adjective
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Dealing with the horrors of the situation in Gaza within the sterile environment of a call center, its workers are feeling increasingly hopeless, caught in the political crossfire of an escalating situation.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
3 Sep. 2025
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For the first time, a technological tool seemed to truly understand us—not as a sterile database, but as a conversational partner.—
Avital Pardo,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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This burden of additional responsibilities and emotional labor with less resources lead many women to feel helpless, leaving divorce as the only escape.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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The sunbathers of sleepy Amity Bay are helpless against the unexpected great white shark that hunts their coasts; Spielberg’s talent for suspense, effective horror shocks, and ingenious reinvention of the classic animal-attack movie remain as impressive as ever.—
Christina Newland,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The local Rite Aid was getting ready to shut down, with barren shelves and 75% off all items, while commerce elsewhere in the town of less than 3,000 people wasn’t exactly bustling.—
David Mark,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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While flying a shuttlecraft, she gets sucked into a wormhole and crashes onto a barren moon.—
Adam B. Vary,
Variety,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Big corporations can become paralyzed by their own weight.—
S.W. Miliano,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Mullins was left paralyzed and died two years later.—
Austin Hornbostel,
The Tennessean,
30 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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But options for changing that are weak.—
Alan J. Borsuk,
jsonline.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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Instead, molecules simply bounce around and lose energy, resulting in relatively weak conduction.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Aug. 2025
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“Impotent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impotent. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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