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Adverb for unable to bear fruit, crops or offspring
“Once a crop had failed, the farmers abandoned the impotent land, moving their families and livestock a few miles away to clearcut more jungle and try all over again.”
Adverb for physically unresponsive to amorous cues
“It's a fact that too much depression may make you impotent in the sack.”
Adverb for not producing a desired or effective result
“The county was undergoing an overwhelmingly expensive and ultimately impotent project in mass transportation.”
Adverb for lacking the power or ability to act effectively
“I do not want an impotent President conducting foreign policy in this country.”
Adverb for weak or lacking the strength to be effective
“The peasant of today, resigned and impotent in the face of death, has turned fatalistic.”
(obsolete) Adverb for lacking self-restraint or control
“Then, impotent of tongue, her silence broke. Thus turbulent in rattling tone she spoke.”
(colloquial) Adverb for timid, or showing a lack of courage
(of a faculty or part of the body) Adverb for reduced in quality or efficacy
Adverb for completely overcome or helpless, especially with distress or exhaustion
Adverb for abstaining from extramarital, or from all, amorous relations
Adverb for lacking in colour, spirit, or vitality
Fixedly or effeminately
Adverb for impossible to control or govern
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