impuissant
[im-pyoo-uh-suhnt, im-pyoo-is-uhnt, im-pwis-uhnt]
/ ɪmˈpyu ə sənt, ˌɪm pyuˈɪs ənt, ɪmˈpwɪs ənt /
ADJECTIVE
unable
Synonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK
Antonyms
ADJECTIVE
weak
Synonyms
STRONGEST
anemic
feeble
fragile
frail
hesitant
powerless
shaky
sickly
sluggish
uncertain
unsteady
weakened
wobbly
WEAK
debilitated
decrepit
delicate
effete
enervated
epicene
exhausted
faint
flaccid
flimsy
forceless
infirm
insubstantial
irresolute
lackadaisical
languid
languorous
limp
makeshift
out of gas
prostrate
puny
rickety
rocky
rotten
senile
spent
spindly
supine
torpid
undependable
unsound
unsubstantial
wasted
wavering
weakly
Antonyms
Example Sentences
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All immediately forget that his idiocy is only assumed; and what woman ever ceases from deploring the unhappy lot of the future wife of their impuissant Prince!
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