impotent
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Otherwise you’re just railing in impotent fury at the companies frying the planet.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
Treasury, said he fears that because regimes are successfully evading sanctions, people will increasingly view them as impotent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
“It made me angry, but I felt so impotent because, well, what do I do?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025
Its purpose was to care for "twelve poor feeble and impotent old men and four old women" who were looked after by a housewife responsible for cooking, cleaning, and general care.
From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2025
Browne lived in a world in which what we would call facts seemed impotent when faced with authority.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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