impotent

im-po-tent · adjective

imported

Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    Unable to take effective action; powerless or helpless.

  2. 2.

    (medicine) Unable to achieve or maintain an erection.

Related words

Antonyms: effective, potent, powerful
See also: impotence, ineffective, powerless
Synonyms: helpless, ineffective, powerless

Etymology

From Old French impotent, from Latin impotens ("powerless, weak"), from in- ("not") + potens ("powerful"), present participle of posse ("to be able").