impotence
Other forms: impotences
Impotence is the state of being weak or unable to accomplish something, like the impotence of a broom in clearing a foot of snow from your sidewalk.
The noun impotence comes from the Latin impotentia, meaning “lack of control or power.” Though its most common definition is "the condition of not being physically able to have sexual intercourse," impotence can be any kind of physical weakness or ineffectiveness. You might present a very unconvincing argument. The impotence of your message may lead to not a single person agreeing with you.
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an inability (usually of the male animal) to copulatesynonyms: impotencyantonyms:potencethe state of being potent; a male's capacity to have sexual intercoursetypes:ED, erectile dysfunction, male erecticle dysfunctionimpotence resulting from a man's inability to have or maintain an erection of his penistype of:infertility, sterilitythe state of being unable to produce offspring; in a woman it is an inability to conceive; in a man it is an inability to impregnate
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the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeblesynonyms: impotency, powerlessnesstypes:unpersuasivenessinability to persuadeuninterestingnessinability to capture or hold one's interestvoicelessnesshaving no voice in the management or control of affairspaper tigerthe nature of a person or organization that appears powerful but is actually powerless and ineffectualheaviness, ponderousnessan oppressive quality that is laborious and solemn and lacks grace or fluencytype of:qualityan essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
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Vocabulary lists containing impotence
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