impotence
noun/ˈɪmpətəns/
/ˈɪmpətəns/
[uncountable]- the fact of being unable to change things or influence a situation synonym powerlessness
- a feeling of impotence in the face of an apparently insoluble problem
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- a condition in which a man is unable to achieve an erection and is therefore unable to have full sex
- male impotence
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