impotent/ˈɪm.pə.tənt/EtymologyFrom Old French impotent, from Latin impotēns, from in- (expresses negation) + potēns (“powerful”).impotent means Lacking physical strength or vigor; weak Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 66 out of 100.adjLacking physical strength or vigor; weakLacking in power, as to act effectively; helpless“Technology without morality is barbarous; morality without technology is impotent”Incapable of sexual intercourse, often because of an inability to achieve or sustain an erection, having impotentia coeundi.“A person smeared with the excrement of a mouse was rendered impotent, according to Pliny the Elder.”SterileLacking self-restraint“Then, impotent of tongue (her ſilence broke) / Thus turbulent in rattling tone ſhe ſpoke.”nounA man who has erectile dysfunctionAn impotent or powerless person