impotence
noun
impotency,
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a variation of
impotence.
Example Sentences
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The feeling of disappointment and impotency that Castejon felt is shared by many of the migrants, said Brayan Lozano, head of the volunteer group of the Police Station Response Team at the 1st District station.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 12, 2023
On top of that, the impotency of a return of just five goals this term is matched only by Burnley.
From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2020
“It’s a sense of impotency, of frustration,” she says.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 21, 2019
The east African country has watched nervously during the last two decades as first warlords then Islamist insurgents reduced the Somali government to impotency.
From Reuters ● Oct. 24, 2011
His strength will increase as a snow-ball, by rolling, and faster, if some expedient cannot be hit upon to convince the slaves and servants of the impotency of his designs.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
