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Impotency

The quality or condition of being impotent; want of strength or power, animal, intellectual, or moral; weakness; feebleness; inability; imbecility.

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Impuissance 76% connected

Lack of power; inability.

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Ineffectiveness 76% connected

Quality of being ineffective.

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Ineffectualness 76% connected

Want of effect, or of power to produce it; inefficacy.

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Weakness 76% connected

The quality or state of being weak; want of strength or firmness; lack of vigor; want of resolution or of moral strength; feebleness.

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Infertility 76% connected

The state or quality of being infertile; unproductiveness; barrenness.

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Quality 76% connected

The condition of being of such and such a sort as distinguished from others; nature or character relatively considered, as of goods; character; sort;…

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Sterility 76% connected

The quality or condition of being sterile.

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Impotent 74% connected

Not potent; wanting power, strength. or vigor. whether physical, intellectual, or moral; deficient in capacity; destitute of force; weak; feeble; inf…

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Impotent 74% connected

Not potent; wanting power, strength. or vigor. whether physical, intellectual, or moral; deficient in capacity; destitute of force; weak; feeble; inf…

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Powerless 74% connected

Destitute of power, force, or energy; weak; impotent; not able to produce any effect.

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Powerless 74% connected

Destitute of power, force, or energy; weak; impotent; not able to produce any effect.

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Synonym 1

Impotence 92% connected

Alt. of Impotency

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Power 94% connected

Same as Poor, the fish.

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Power 94% connected

Same as Poor, the fish.

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