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impotence
/ˈɪmpətəns/
noun
bezsilność
Also
niemoc(f)impotencja(f)
Definition
The inability to take effective action; helplessness, or the inability in a man to achieve an erection.
Examples
He felt a sense of impotence as he watched the injustice unfold.
Czuł bezsilność, obserwując, jak rozwija się niesprawiedliwość.
The government's impotence in addressing the crisis was widely criticized.
Niemoc rządu w radzeniu sobie z kryzysem była szeroko krytykowana.
Collocations
feeling of impotencepolitical impotencesexual impotence
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