impotent
/ˈɪmpətənt/
adjective
- Lacking the power or ability to do something; helpless or ineffective.
- The government felt impotent to stop the spread of the disease.
- Without proper tools, the rescue team was impotent against the collapsed building.
- She watched in impotent rage as the bully took her brother's lunch money.
- (of a man) unable to achieve or maintain an erection, typically because of a physical or psychological condition.
- The medication helped many men who had become impotent due to age.
- Stress and anxiety can sometimes make a man temporarily impotent.
- He was too embarrassed to discuss his impotent condition with his doctor.
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