as in inability
the lack of sufficient ability, power, or means
the congressional committee's essential impotence in affecting the management of the war was frustrating to its members
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Lead is a neurotoxin known to cause irreversible long-term organ damage, lower IQs, higher risk for miscarriage, asthma, cardiovascular disease, impotence, and elevated blood pressure.
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Kff Health News, The Mercury News, 18 July 2024
MacLachlan played Charlotte York's first husband, Trey MacDougal, who experienced impotence issues, through season four on the HBO hit
Kyle MacLachlan is looking back on his time as Dr. Trey MacDougal.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 4 July 2024
His commentary on the impotence of studios’ diversity initiatives gets at the heart of the problem: there is a wide disparity between those who decide what gets made and the audience of largely working-class people whose time and attention decision-makers rely on for profit.
—John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
The crisis laid bare the stunning impotence of the ostensibly mighty Russian state in the absence of the leader’s instructions.
—Maksim Samorukov, Foreign Affairs, 25 Apr. 2024
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Kff Health News, The Mercury News, 18 July 2024
MacLachlan played Charlotte York's first husband, Trey MacDougal, who experienced impotence issues, through season four on the HBO hit
Kyle MacLachlan is looking back on his time as Dr. Trey MacDougal.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 4 July 2024
His commentary on the impotence of studios’ diversity initiatives gets at the heart of the problem: there is a wide disparity between those who decide what gets made and the audience of largely working-class people whose time and attention decision-makers rely on for profit.
—John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
The crisis laid bare the stunning impotence of the ostensibly mighty Russian state in the absence of the leader’s instructions.
—Maksim Samorukov, Foreign Affairs, 25 Apr. 2024
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“Impotence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impotence. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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