English to Afrikaans Meaning of impotent - impotent

Impotent :

impotent

noun

gesnede, hofdienaar, lubben

adjective

ontman, gestremde, nie in staat, nie in staat is, hulpeloos, magteloos, hermafrodiet, onsydig, slap, swak, onsuksesvol, tevergeefs, vergeefse, niks, mislukte

Impotent :: magteloosImpotently :: machteloos

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Definitions of impotent in English

Adjective(1) lacking power or ability(2) (of a male

Examples of impotent in English

(1) The government fears that the union bureaucracy cannot indefinitely contain the mounting anger of public-sector workers with bombast and impotent protests.(2) In addition, 5 percent of patients are impotent after the procedure, and 60 percent have retrograde ejaculation.(3) If the world's most respected institution of international governance is rendered impotent by accusations as distorted and exaggerated as these, we should all fear the consequences.(4) He is impotent and unable to satisfy his estranged wife.(5) Treatment of impotence leads to a major improvement in the quality of life for both the impotent male and his partner (s).(6) According to the findings of this study, about 120,000 U.K. men are impotent because of smoking.(7) Yet it happened, and he felt helpless, powerless, and impotent .(8) Thus, they are impotent , powerless to confront the current regime.(9) I felt an impotent anger, but also a curiosity, rise in my chest.(10) Perhaps one of the most interesting and difficult elements of impotence cases is trying to answer how the trial and its publicity affected the public reputation of the allegedly impotent man.(11) We all regularly give money to relief agencies and television appeals such as Comic Relief, but the sheer enormity of the statistics and the feeling that aid campaigns only provide short-term aid leave us feeling impotent .(12) Korean researchers had 45 impotent men take either 900 mg of Korean red ginseng or a placebo three times daily.(13) The anger flared in both cheeks, burning his face with impotent rage.(14) Beer mats and posters persuading impotent men to seek medical help are to be placed in dozens of Scottish pubs.(15) He's not impotent or physically handicapped, he just isn't very interested and says there is more to a relationship than sex.(16) Watching her thrown into this heartbreaking cycle of events made us feel so small, so impotent , so powerless.

(1) imposture ::

onwaarschijnlijk

Synonyms

Adjective

1. powerless ::

magteloos

2. ineffective ::

oneffektiewe

3. ineffectual ::

ondoeltreffende

4. inadequate ::

onvoldoende

5. weak ::

swak

6. feeble ::

slap

7. useless ::

nutteloos

8. worthless ::

waardeloos

9. futile ::

vergeefse

10. impuissant ::

impuissant

Antonyms

1. fat ::

vet

2. fertile ::

vrugbare

Different Forms

impotent, impotently

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