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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
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Hitting the lowest point gave me resistance, courage, and new emotional depth — anger, helplessness, pain — all of which become fuel for an actor.—
Gavin J Blair,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Nov. 2025
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Unlike stress tied to a specific event or deadline, which has a clear endpoint, uncertainty persists and can create feelings of helplessness and anxiety.—
Sandra Rose Salathe,
Flow Space,
29 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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Her troubles—sleepless nights, endless exhaustion—could simply be the result of young parenthood.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
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Trade timing & outlook After breaking out to new all-time highs, momentum appears overextended, and signs of buyer exhaustion suggest a potential pullback.—
Tony Zhang,
CNBC,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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As a solution to the problem of fatigue, two extra changes has been the footballing equivalent of throwing a glass of water onto a chip pan fire.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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The tactic is basically authoritarianism through fatigue.—
Dan Perry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 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
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By the years of the Great Depression, the clown came to represent the faded glory of the circus and reflected the weariness felt by so many Americans in crisis.—
Time,
Time,
30 Oct. 2025
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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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“Impuissance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impuissance. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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