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Recent Examples of impuissance
But all of that will be moot if Washington’s rushing attack is not significantly improved from the impuissance of last season.
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Ben Baskin, SI.com, 14 June 2018
Ben Baskin, SI.com, 14 June 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impuissance
Noun
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The bulk of Jack’s patents were for medical devices, among them a knife used for hair transplants and a prosthetic device for overcoming male impotence.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
30 Sep. 2025
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That’s one full game of brilliance, and another full game of impotence.—
Zach Berman,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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For the diaspora characters, hearing the lyrics sharpens both their feelings of solidarity and helplessness.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Oct. 2025
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Some canines might feel helplessness, unable to control the environment, with some becoming aggressive or hyperactive.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Would-be autocrats create environments of fear and powerlessness, using intimidation, overwhelming force or political and legal attacks, and other coercive tactics to force acquiescence and chill democratic pushback.—
Shelley Inglis,
The Conversation,
19 Oct. 2025
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This grim reality evokes a sense of sorrow and powerlessness among women in Paina Bujurg.—
Aishwarya S. Iyer,
CNN Money,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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As my exhaustion broke the spell of curiosity, the narrative appealed to me.—
Jim Beaugez,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
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Is that your way of expressing the anger and exhaustion that so many people feel in the country right now?—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Sometimes AbdulKareem would vomit from hunger and fatigue.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
18 Oct. 2025
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Others point to emotional maturity or social fatigue.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Europe’s lassitude is heightened by internal divisions.—
HENRY FARRELL,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Aug. 2025
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As something of a companion piece to More, Jacques Deray’s summer thriller La Piscine is a far more dramatic and insidious tale of tropical desire, lassitude, and violence.—
Erik Morse,
Vogue,
26 June 2025
Noun
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The 2014 original was gleefully over-the-top already, and the sequels have only amped up the spectacle, but his genuine fury and weariness felt new, exciting, a revelation.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
18 Oct. 2025
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The character required someone in his mid-40s who could embody the weariness and disappointment of Hart, who died at 48 after watching his longtime partner, Richard Rodgers, achieve new heights with a younger collaborator.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Impuissance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impuissance. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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