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impotent

/ˈɪm.pə.tənt/ adjective C1
  1. Lacking physical strength or vigor; weak
  2. Lacking in power, as to act effectively; helpless
  3. Incapable of sexual intercourse, often because of an inability to achieve or sustain an erection, having impotentia coeundi.
  4. Sterile
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Barker beat his head with his clenched fist in his impotent anger.
The Valley of Fear, p. 102 · C1
Terror that hid in the roses is impotent--flung on the dung-hill and dead!
The Jungle Book, p. 85 · B2

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