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impotence

[im-puh-tuhns] / ˈɪm pə təns /


NOUN
weakness
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It merged with a part of Pfizer that owned off-patent former blockbuster drugs for cholesterol, impotence, arthritis, and depression.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

Men do not face a binary choice between power, birthright and dignity on one hand, and emasculation and impotence on the other.

From Salon • Sep. 1, 2024

In fact, despite all of DeLillo’s fascination with terrorism and death cults and the impotence of the individual swept up in unstoppable social forces, I’ve never considered him to be an especially paranoid writer.

From New York Times • May 22, 2024

“It’s a really bitter feeling, a feeling of impotence, of not being able to give them what they need,” said Milagros Lopez, senior manager for access at HOPICS.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2024

She saw with quiet impotence how the deluge was pitilessly exterminating a fortune that at one time was considered the largest and most solid in Macondo, and of which nothing remained but pestilence.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez




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