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View usage for: (ɪmpətəns) 1. uncountable nounImpotence is a lack of power to influence people or events. ...a sense of impotence in the face of deplorable events. Synonyms: powerlessness, inability, helplessness, weakness More Synonyms of impotence 2. uncountable nounImpotence is a man's sexual problem in which his penis fails to get hard or stay hard. Impotence affects 10 million men in the U.S. alone. impotence in American English (ˈɪmpətəns) noun the quality or condition of being impotent : also ˈimpotency Word forms: plural ˈimpotencies Word origin OFr < L impotentiaExamples of 'impotence' in a sentenceimpotence This choice allows them to escape side effects such as incontinence and impotence.Our utter impotence when faced with people who seriously want us all dead.Researchers say it has a much lower risk of incontinence and impotence than conventional surgery.The downturn has not coincided with political impotence and despair.The magic blue pill is used for problems other than impotence and heart conditions.Because they can't face their own impotence in the reaches of time.Or the opposite, husbands who suffered from impotence and a lack of confidence in the bedroom.Whereas treatment can have side-effects including impotence and incontinence.But it can cause harm - including impotence and incontinence.Your husband should talk to his GP about the impotence problem.Results must be confirmed by biopsy, which can cause infection, impotence and incontinence.And that treatment has side-effects, including possible impotence and incontinence.The 1979 general election cast the party into 18 years of political impotence.Heavy use can lead to insomnia, high blood pressure, heart problems and impotence.Yet the Left's rise to cultural power was accompanied by its descent into economic and political impotence.MEN'S health columns have done a great job at bringing'embarrassing' problems such as impotence out of the closet.Half of hospitals do not offer vital support for those dealing with cancer, including side-effects such as incontinence and impotence. In other languagesimpotence British English: impotence NOUN Impotence is a lack of power to influence people or events. ...a sense of impotence in the face of deplorable events. - American English: impotence
- Brazilian Portuguese: impotência
- Chinese: 无能为力
- European Spanish: impotencia
- French: impuissance
- German: Machtlosigkeit
- Italian: impotenza
- Japanese: 無力
- Korean: 무력
- European Portuguese: impotência
- Latin American Spanish: impotencia
a sense of impotence in the face of disaster Synonyms powerlessness paralysis inefficiency frailty ineffectiveness uselessness feebleness enervationinefficacy Opposites ability , strength , efficiency , effectiveness , competence , usefulness , efficacy , adequacy , powerfulness Additional synonymsSynonyms weakness, weakening, fatigue, exhaustion, impotence, paralysis, tiredness, incapacity, powerlessness, infirmity, lassitude, debility, feebleness, prostration, debilitation, enfeeblement, exhaustedness I remember my feelings of helplessness. Synonyms vulnerability, weakness, impotence, powerlessness, infirmity, feebleness, forlornness, defencelessness, exposed position Definition the fact of not being able to do something Her inability to concentrate could cause an accident. Synonyms incapability, incompetence, inadequacy, impotence, incapacity, ineptitude, powerlessness, ineffectiveness, uselessness, ineptness - impossible
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