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impotent

[im-puh-tuhnt] / ˈɪm pə tənt /


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Otherwise you’re just railing in impotent fury at the companies frying the planet.

From MarketWatch Jul. 17, 2026

Treasury, said he fears that because regimes are successfully evading sanctions, people will increasingly view them as impotent.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 21, 2026

“It made me angry, but I felt so impotent because, well, what do I do?”

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 17, 2025

A former Conservative MP has quit the party, branding it "impotent", and wants to stand in next May's Senedd election.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2025

Constitutional amendments guaranteeing African Americans “equal protection of the laws” and the right to vote proved as impotent as the Emancipation Proclamation once a white backlash against Reconstruction gained steam.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander




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