Usually means: Lacking strength or power; ineffective.
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  3. impuissant: Collins English Dictionary
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  10. impuissant: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. Impuissant, impuissant(e): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
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▸ adjective:  weak; feeble; lacking power

Similar:
impotent, effete, powerless, imbecile, strengthless, weak, helpless, muscleless, mightless, enfeebled, more...

Opposite:
powerful, potent, strong, capable, effective

Types:
feeble, powerless, weak, helpless, incompetent, incapable, more...



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Similar:
impotent, effete, powerless, imbecile, strengthless, weak, helpless, muscleless, mightless, enfeebled, more...

Opposite:
powerful, potent, strong, capable, effective

Types:
feeble, powerless, weak, helpless, incompetent, incapable, more...



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