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# impotent

adjective

«impotent» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Impotent means without power or strength, unable to do anything to stop or help. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impotent/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales, a wicked enemy or a magic spell that has lost all its power; said of a giant who can no longer harm anyone

### Examples

- Once the sword was raised, the giant was impotent. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impotent/#x1)
- Without his magic the wizard was impotent. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impotent/#x2)
- I felt impotent when I could not reach the rope. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impotent/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «impotent» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impotent/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«impotent» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/impotent.html) on Mova free.