The Only Use
impotent
in
To Kill a Mockingbird
(Edited)
- Simon would have regarded with impotent fury the disturbance between the North and the South, as it left his descendants stripped of everything but their land,
p. 4.8impotent = lacking power to change things
Definitions:
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(1)
(impotent as in: impotent fury) lacking power or ability
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(2)
(impotent as in: impotent, so no children) of a male: unable to have an erection for sexual intercourse, or unable to conceive a child
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)