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lacking power or ability

or of a male: unable to copulate

1 AVOC: But that Volpone would have ravish'd her, he holds Utterly false; knowing his impotence.
Ben Jonson -- Volpone

When he speaks he moves our men to impotence.
Chinua Achebe -- Things Fall Apart
They become more and more impotent with every season.
Roger Zelazny -- Lord of Light
He repeated his story, harshly recapitulant, seeming toget an actual pleasure out of his outrage and impotence.
William Faulkner -- The Sound and the Fury
Beady Jones and Braverman showed an inflamed and impotent eagerness to take their turn.
Zane Grey -- The Border Legion
On the whole, he had never felt so impotent in his life.
Stephen King -- Cujo
Why do we stand here impotently in the face of such an outrageous crime, covered by such a ridiculous deception?
Stephenie Meyer -- Breaking Dawn
I felt stupid and utterly impotent when confronted by their tears.
Jon Krakauer -- Into Thin Air
With barbarous and insane fury, with sheer impotent folly, he swept a clawing hand for his gun.
Zane Grey -- The Lone Star Ranger
It does not take money long to make plain its impotence, providing the desires are in the realm of affection.
Theodore Dreiser -- Sister Carrie
What is my freedom, if all creatures, even the botched and the impotent, are my masters?
Ayn Rand -- Anthem
It will make you impotent!
Malcolm Gladwell -- The Tipping Point
The boss slashed impotently at newspapers, printed blurry slips and pasted items askew.
Betty Smith -- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
His rage and impotence is now almost ecstatic.
William Faulkner -- Light in August
I couldn't shake off that clinging impotence.
Mark Twain -- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Since artists are politically impotent, they must use this time to develop at deeper emotional levels.
Ian McEwan -- Atonement
It had begun to seem to them that events were trying to prove that they were impotent.
Stephen Crane -- The Red Badge of Courage
At that moment, the viscount could not help uttering an exclamation of impotent rage.
Gaston Leroux -- The Phantom of the Opera
Many letters tell of soldiers hiding fugitives in camp and laughing at the impotent rage of owners who went home empty-handed.
James M. McPherson -- What They Fought For - 1861-1865
She remained on her feet staring at them, as they sat impotent as idols in their beds, weighted by their trays.
F. Scott Fitzgerald -- Tender is the Night

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