impotent

  • 31impotent — adjective a) Lacking physical strength or vigor; weak. b) Lacking in power, as to act effectively; helpless: “Technology without morality is barbarous; morality without technology is impotent” (Freeman J. Dyson). Syn: feeble, puny, weak, helpless …

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  • 32impotent — im·po·tent im pət ənt adj 1) not potent <an impotent vaccine> 2) unable to engage in sexual intercourse because of inability to have and maintain an erection broadly STERILE usu. used of males …

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  • 33impotent — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Weak] Syn. powerless, ineffective, inept, infirm; see unable , weak 1 . 2. [Sterile] Syn. barren, frigid, unproductive; see sterile 1 . See Synonym Study at sterile . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a.… …

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  • 34impotent —    sexually infertile    Literally, powerless in any respect, but used in this sense of either sex:     ... advertisements for doctors who cured all the diseases of love and promised the impotent horse like vigour . (Manning, 1977) …

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  • 35impotent — [ˈɪmpətənt] adj 1) unable to do anything that is effective because of a lack of power 2) a man who is impotent cannot have sex because his PENIS does not stay hard impotence noun [U] …

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  • 36impotent — adj (impotent, a) …

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  • 37Impotent — Ich werde doch nicht impotent? fragte der Franciscaner, als er am Stein operirt wurde. – Klosterspiegel, 48, 11 …

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  • 38Impotent poor — [ [http://www.edexcel.org.uk/VirtualContent/83765/entry history core task Poor Law 1834.pdf The Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834.] Edexcel Entry Level in History, Core Task.] was a classification of poverty used in Britain during the 1600s. It… …

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  • 39Impotent Sea Snakes — The Impotent Sea Snakes were an American Rock n Roll band from Atlanta, Georgia known for their sexually explicit lyrics and performances. The band put out three albums: God Save the Queens (1995), Everything in Excess (2001) and Drag (?), and… …

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  • 40IMPOTENT, ENTE — adj. Qui est infirme, privé du mouvement, privé de l’usage d’un bras, d’une jambe, etc., soit par vice de nature, soit par accident. La goutte l’a rendu impotent. Il est impotent d’un bras. Elle est impotente. Par extension, Un bras impotent, une …

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