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How to pronounce impotence in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms impotency
Type of sterility, infertility
Has types ed, erectile dysfunction, male erecticle dysfunction
Derivation impotent
Type Words
Synonyms impotency, powerlessness
Type of quality
Has types ineffectualness, impuissance, weakness, paper tiger, helplessness, uninterestingness, unpersuasiveness, voicelessness, ineffectuality, ineffectiveness
Derivation impotent

Examples of impotence

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Of course, they're not going to say so, any more than they'd admit to impotence.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Furthermore, prostate cancer treatment can result in incontinence and impotence.
From the sciencedaily.com
The number of men reporting impotence dropped from 75.3 percent to 11.8 percent.
From the sciencedaily.com
What's the problem with a little internal bleeding, incontinence, and impotence?
From the well.blogs.nytimes.com
That's the biggest reason fans shouldn't freak out about the offensive impotence.
From the charlotteobserver.com
A kind of resigned, unspoken impotence has been the theme of these conferences.
From the economist.com
This is exactly where the terrorists strike, exposing the government's impotence.
From the economist.com
A third pill for treating impotence will probably win approval later this year.
From the time.com
The impression of impotence has been reinforced by evidence of military weakness.
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More examples
  • Powerlessness: the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble
  • An inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate
  • (impotent) lacking power or ability; "Technology without morality is barbarous; morality without technology is impotent"- Freeman J.Dyson; "felt impotent rage"
  • (impotent) (of a male) unable to copulate
  • Erectile dysfunction (ED, "male impotence ") is a sexual dysfunction characterized by the inability to develop or maintain an erection of the penis sufficient for satisfactory sexual performance.
  • The following is an episode list for the MTV animated television series Beavis and Butt-head. The series has its roots in 1992 when Mike Judge created two animated shorts - "Frog Baseball" and "Peace, Love & Understanding" - which were later aired on Liquid Television.
  • Powerlessness; Erectile dysfunction
  • (impotent) Lacking physical strength or vigor; weak; Lacking in power, as to act effectively; helpless; Incapable of sexual intercourse, often because of an inability to achieve or sustain an erection; Sterile; Lacking self-restraint
  • (Impotent) Unable to have an erection.