impuissance

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Recent Examples of impuissance But all of that will be moot if Washington’s rushing attack is not significantly improved from the impuissance of last season. Ben Baskin, SI.com, 14 June 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impuissance
Noun
  • Jack Harrison squandered one promising position with a pass that dribbled through to Caoimhin Kelleher, a metaphor for their impotence during the evening.
    Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025
  • The response is similar concerning United’s impotence in front of goal.
    Laurie Whitwell, The Athletic, 16 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Overtraining can lead to mental exhaustion and burnout.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
  • The specific exhaustion of being a mother By Olga Khazan Subscribe to Listen1.0x 0:009:47 Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (Noa) using AI narration.
    Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 14 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Regardless, that doesn’t stop many doctors, fitness professionals, and physical therapists from recommending Epsom salts in the treatment of muscle pain and fatigue.
    Alice Nardiotti, Vogue, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Arteta understandably is more risk-averse in knockout European ties, but Premier League matches sometimes need to be forcibly opened up — even at the risk of fatigue or becoming defensively compromised.
    Liam Tharme, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The result of this lassitude is that cars still rule the streets.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 18 Apr. 2025
  • But neither was there the ho-hum, dutiful lassitude that usually accompanies second inaugurations, like Barack Obama’s in 2013.
    James Poniewozik, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025

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“Impuissance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impuissance. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.

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