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(ĭm-pyū'ĭ-səns, ĭm-pwĭs'əns) pronunciation
n.
Lack of power or effectiveness; weakness.

[Middle English impuissaunce, from Old French impuissance : in-, not; see in-1 + puissance, power; see puissance.]

impuissant im·pu'is·sant adj.

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