as in impotence
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Recent Examples of impuissance
But all of that will be moot if Washington’s rushing attack is not significantly improved from the impuissance of last season.
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Ben Baskin, SI.com, 14 June 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impuissance
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The response is similar concerning United’s impotence in front of goal.—
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The local government’s impotence reflects a broader dynamic in Iraq: Baghdad’s reliance on Shiite militias has allowed those groups to gain undue power.—
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In that moment of grief and exhaustion, something shifted.—
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Breast cancer survivor Julie Swallow, 56, initially chalked up her exhaustion to being overworked.—
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This imbalance often goes unnoticed, understandably leading to feelings of resentment and fatigue.—
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The party capitalized on the public’s fatigue after a decade of Saakashvili’s necessary but intense reforms.—
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Wakefield-Scurr’s discoveries have helped rupture the long-standing lassitude.—
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But neither was there the ho-hum, dutiful lassitude that usually accompanies second inaugurations, like Barack Obama’s in 2013.—
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“Impuissance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impuissance. Accessed 12 Apr. 2025.
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