impotency
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7.9
- noun
- /ɪmˈpoʊtənsɪ/
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impotencia
- Senator McCarthy had also kept up his attacks on the CPUSA during the 1950s despite being aware of its impotency.
Examples
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The impotency of the organization was evident as it struggled to implement any significant changes.
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And Bush's commitment to such a theologically driven and pessimistic view of the impotency of government to cure our nation's social ills is allowing the continuation of enormous harm to the public interest.
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Its impotency is not hard, indeed, to explain.
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Loss of balance, impotency, lack of sensation in the feet and hands, shivering, and blindness are the physical effects of alcohol abuse.
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Examples of accompanying feelings are fear of impotency, anger resulting from the inability to achieve sexual pleasure, and grief associated with the lost ability for easy access to sexual pleasure (Mailick, 1979; Rolland, 1994).
Academic text (2006) -
One of the Europeans, Ewart Grogan, stated that the incident was intended as "a protest against the impotency and ineffectiveness of the courts and to instill due respect for the Europeans in the minds of the natives."
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It is surprising to observe how resigned Benedict is to the supposed impotency of states, without any mention that this vast movement toward liberalization and the deregulation of economies was developed through the ascendancy of liberal thought.
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After years of failure to address the issues, the impotency of the leadership left the community feeling hopeless.
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Many people felt a sense of impotency in the face of rising global challenges that seemed beyond their control.
Synonyms
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2.8
Not able to do something you need to do
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1.4
Lack of physical or mental strength that makes someone less able to act
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4.4
Failing to do a job well because of lack of skill
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7.4
A lack of power to make things happen
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5.8
A feeling of being unable to control or change what happens
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5.4
Not able to do things because your body or mind does not work well
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5.4
Not able to produce the result you want
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6.8
Lack of ability to do a job or task well
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6.0
Not being able to do something because you lack the ability
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7.5
A state of not moving or not reacting to change
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6.2
A weak, unconvincing argument or excuse
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5.2
A lack of strength in an argument or evidence
A feeling of being unable to change things
A lack of ability to do something
Lack of ability to do a task or job well
A weak or slight state often about ideas and relationships
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Etymology
Impotency comes from Latin parts in- ('not') and potentia ('power'), and it shares the same root as potent and potency. So, impotency can mean a lack of strength or power, which is why we use it for the inability to act or be effective.