[ˈɪmpət(ə)nt], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- unable to take effective action; helpless or powerless
(e.g: he was seized with an impotent anger)

- (of a man) abnormally unable to achieve an erection or orgasm
(e.g: he was on medication which had made him impotent)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin impotent- ‘powerless’, from in- ‘not’ + potent- (see potent)