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Nov 14, 2009
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im•po•tent



Pronunciation: (im'pu-tunt), [key]
—adj.
1. not potent; lacking power or ability.
2. utterly unable (to do something).
3. without force or effectiveness.
4. lacking bodily strength or physically helpless.
5. (of a male) unable to attain or sustain a penile erection.
6. (esp. of a male) sterile.
7. Obs.without restraint.

—n.
an impotent person: therapy for sexual impotents.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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