1
[ adjective ] lacking power or ability

Examples

"Technology without morality is barbarous morality without technology is impotent"- Freeman J.Dyson "felt impotent rage"

Used in print

(Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)

Piepsam tries to stop him by force , receives a push in the chest from `` Life '' , and is left standing in impotent and growing rage , while a crowd begins to gather .

Related terms

potent decrepit ineffective weak powerless infertile potency

2
[ adjective ] (of a male) unable to copulate

Related terms

potent

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Rhymes with

omnipotent incompetent irritant militant concomitant inhabitant patent important unimportant participant adjutant reluctant reluctant orpiment resultant protestant immigrant flippant noncombatant combatant pollutant unrepentant repentant potent abstinent pertinent exultant consultant impertinent punt imminent immanent sentiment testament unrepentant distant instant complement temperament implement stimulant incontinent continent occupant grandiloquent repugnant impatient emigrant compliant imprisonment indolent incident coincident expectant inhabitant assistant nonexistent consistent self-consistent persistent inconsistent concomitant inadvertent existent intermittent insistent resistant serpent mutant redundant repugnant compartment comportment department deportment apartment accountant hesitant constant rampant incipient percipient shipment recipient temperament exorbitant surfactant resistant inadvertent celebrant redevelopment underdevelopment development innocent pliant eminent accompaniment registrant filament dissonant pageant contaminant insolent semipermanent dominant magnificent prominent permanent preeminent predominant ruminant ligament virulent equivalent determinant ambivalent predicament component inpatient dismantlement consequent reapportionment equipment apportionment percipient disillusionment water-repellent abandonment deterrent determent subsequent disgruntlement ebullient repellent litigant independent corespondent correspondent interdependent jubilant despondent respondent attendant imprudent dependent vigilant latent mordant supplicant supplement disinfectant contestant extant evident settlement aspirant puzzlement vehement embarrassment eloquent embezzlement resettlement impediment decadent sediment nonresident antecedent stunt somnolent rearmament pungent armament emergent opulent diligent disarmament blatant adamant incumbent enlightenment encirclement environment entanglement entitlement battlement management prepayment patient grandparent detergent annulment repayment advertisement confident condiment oxidant accident self-confident retardant antioxidant

Phonetic and Homophones

IH1 M P AH0 T AH0 N T

Similar Spelling

impotently impotency impotence Imboden impudent impute impudently impatient Imavate

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