Impotent
Impotent adjective - Lacking power or ability.
Usage example: "morality without technology is impotent"- Freeman J.Dyson
Unable is a synonym for impotent in powerless topic. In some cases you can use "Unable" instead an adjective "Impotent", when it comes to topics like defenceless. popular alternative
Nearby Word: impotence
Unable
Unable adjective - Lacking in power or forcefulness.
Usage example: like an unable phoenix in hot ashes
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- inept and impotent
- inept and unable
- unqualified and impotent
- unqualified and unable
- unfit and impotent
- unfit and unable
- incompetent and impotent
- incompetent and unable
- inefficient and impotent
- inefficient and unable
- inadequate and impotent
- inadequate and unable
- helpless and impotent
- helpless and unable
Both words in one sentence
- Jake is tormented by the war wound that has left him sexually impotent and unable to give Brett, whom he loves, the only thing she really wants from a man.
Source: Literature / The Sun Also Rises -
The episode in which Bamm-Bamm is adopted by the Rubbles all but explicitly indicates that either Barney is impotent/sterile, or Betty is unable to conceive children.
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The Baron reveals to Anne that he, being impotent, was unable to be aroused by any of his wives and describes this as the motive for his string of murders; left unanswered is the question as to whether his impotence only applied to his wives as living people.
Source: I Love the Dead
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