Impotent

/ˈɪm.pə.tənt/

Synonyms for "impotent" (178 found)

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Closest matches (36)

acarpous aimless anemic arid asexual asthenic barrenblank cartridgebloodless careless castrated castrato celibate characterless chicken childless cold cowardly crippled debilitated

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desert desolate disabled draineddried updried-up drooping droopy dry dud dull easy easygoing effete emasculate

Adjective(1 words)

dysfunctional

Strong matches (53)

emasculated enervated enfeebled etiolated eunuch eunuchized exhausted faint faintish fallow featherweight feckless feeble flabby flaccidflash in the panfloppy forceless frail frigid

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fruitless frustrated futile gaunt gelded gelding gone gutless helpless imbecile imprecise inadequate incompetent indifferent ineffective ineffectual inefficacious inept inert infecund infertile infirm invalid invertebrate

Adjective(9 words)

helpless impuissantincapacitated personincapacity ineffective ineffectualineffectual personinefficacy infertile

Related words (89)

issueless jejune languid languorous lax leached lenient lightweight limber limp listless loose lustless marrowless meaningless menopausal negligent nerveless neuter neutral

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no accountno gono-account nonfertile nonproducing nonproductive nonprolificof no accountof no useoverindulgent overpermissive permissive pithless pointless pooped powerless prostrate purposeless relaxed remiss rubbery sapless sexlesssine prolesinewless slack slipshod sloppy soft spineless sterile strengthlesssucked drysuperfluous teemless unable unauthoritative unavailing uncultivated unfertile unfruitful unhardened unnerved unplowed unproductive unprolific unrestrained unsexed unsexual unsown unstrung untilled useless virgin wan waste wasted weak weakling weaklywithout any weightwithout issue

Adjective(6 words)

powerlesspowerless personpowerlessness unpotent unpowered weak

Determiner(1 words)

the powerless

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

8 entries

capacity condition humanmedical conditionperson powersexual health conditionstate

More specific

10 entries

anorgasmiaerectile dysfunctionimpotence impotencyimpotent manimpotent womanineffective measureineffective responseineffectualreduced libido

Collocations

10 entries

impotent attemptimpotent bureaucracyimpotent defenseimpotent impactimpotent patientimpotent policyimpotent rageimpotent responseimpotent rhetoricimpotent state

Inflections

3 entries

impotentsmore impotentmost impotent

Derivations

3 entries

impotence impotency impotently

Antonyms

1 entries

potent

similar

9 entries

effete impuissant ineffective ineffectual infertile powerless sterile unable unfertile

Sample sentences

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"Your army is impotent against mine!!" he laughed.

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I've become impotent.

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I call upon the scientific community in our country, those who gave us nuclear weapons, to turn their great talents now to the cause of mankind and world peace: to give us the means of rendering these nuclear weapons impotent and obsolete.

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My husband is impotent. What should I do?

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