as in impotence
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Recent Examples of impuissance
But all of that will be moot if Washington’s rushing attack is not significantly improved from the impuissance of last season.
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Ben Baskin, SI.com, 14 June 2018
Ben Baskin, SI.com, 14 June 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impuissance
Noun
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Social media, though, offers an alternative to this impotence.—
Callum Booth,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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As such, side effects of surgery and radiation therapy for prostate cancer often include incontinence, impotence and bowel dysfunction.—
Michael Irving,
New Atlas,
9 Jan. 2025
Noun
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This breeds feelings of frustration and emotional exhaustion.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
25 Jan. 2025
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Where there is affection, there is also exhaustion.—
Lisa Kennedy,
Variety,
23 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Woll showing signs of fatigue This isn’t a surprise given Woll entered this season having played just 36 regular-season games in the NHL.—
James Mirtle,
The Athletic,
17 Jan. 2025
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In a landscape of dating app fatigue and romance scams, the anachronistic-seeming personals section — which is thriving in Vermont — can look like the way of the dating future.—
Wendy Lu,
New York Times,
16 Jan. 2025
Noun
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But neither was there the ho-hum, dutiful lassitude that usually accompanies second inaugurations, like Barack Obama’s in 2013.—
James Poniewozik,
New York Times,
21 Jan. 2025
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But the opinion, written by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., went way further than necessary to insulate Trump from prosecution — not simply before the election, which the court, by its lassitude, had nearly guaranteed, but forever, even in the event that President Biden wins reelection.—
Ruth Marcus,
Washington Post,
1 July 2024
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“Impuissance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impuissance. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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