impuissant
[ im-pyoo-uh-suh nt, im-pyoo-is-uh nt, im-pwis-uh nt ]
Synonyms for impuissant
- helpless
- impotent
- inadequate
- incapable
- not able
- powerless
- sidelined
- unfit
- weak
- can't cut it
- can't hack it
- can't make the grade
- clumsy
- hog-tied
- incapacitated
- incompetent
- ineffectual
- inefficacious
- inefficient
- inept
- inoperative
- no can do
- no good
- not cut out for
- not equal to
- not up to
- out of commission
- unfitted
- unqualified
- unskilled
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Antonyms for impuissant
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RELATED WORDS AND SYNONYMS FOR IMPUISSANT
unable
adjectivenot having talent, skill- can't cut it
- can't hack it
- can't make the grade
- clumsy
- helpless
- hog-tied
- impotent
- impuissant
- inadequate
- incapable
- incapacitated
- incompetent
- ineffectual
- inefficacious
- inefficient
- inept
- inoperative
- no can do
- no good
- not able
- not cut out for
- not equal to
- not up to
- out of commission
- powerless
- sidelined
- unfit
- unfitted
- unqualified
- unskilled
- weak
weak
adjectivenot strong- anemic
- debilitated
- decrepit
- delicate
- effete
- enervated
- exhausted
- faint
- feeble
- flaccid
- flimsy
- forceless
- fragile
- frail
- hesitant
- impuissant
- infirm
- insubstantial
- irresolute
- lackadaisical
- languid
- languorous
- limp
- makeshift
- out of gas
- powerless
- prostrate
- puny
- rickety
- rocky
- rotten
- senile
- shaky
- sickly
- sluggish
- spent
- spindly
- supine
- tender
- torpid
- uncertain
- undependable
- unsound
- unsteady
- unsubstantial
- wasted
- wavering
- weakened
- weakly
- wobbly
weaker
adjectivenot strong- anemic
- debilitated
- decrepit
- delicate
- effete
- enervated
- exhausted
- faint
- feeble
- flaccid
- flimsy
- forceless
- fragile
- frail
- hesitant
- impuissant
- infirm
- insubstantial
- irresolute
- lackadaisical
- languid
- languorous
- limp
- makeshift
- out of gas
- powerless
- prostrate
- puny
- rickety
- rocky
- rotten
- senile
- shaky
- sickly
- sluggish
- spent
- spindly
- supine
- tender
- torpid
- uncertain
- undependable
- unsound
- unsteady
- unsubstantial
- wasted
- wavering
- weakened
- weakly
- wobbly
weakest
adjectivenot strong- anemic
- debilitated
- decrepit
- delicate
- effete
- enervated
- exhausted
- faint
- feeble
- flaccid
- flimsy
- forceless
- fragile
- frail
- hesitant
- impuissant
- infirm
- insubstantial
- irresolute
- lackadaisical
- languid
- languorous
- limp
- makeshift
- out of gas
- powerless
- prostrate
- puny
- rickety
- rocky
- rotten
- senile
- shaky
- sickly
- sluggish
- spent
- spindly
- supine
- tender
- torpid
- uncertain
- undependable
- unsound
- unsteady
- unsubstantial
- wasted
- wavering
- weakened
- weakly
- wobbly
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