omnipotent
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Definition of omnipotent
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omnipotent
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Definition of omnipotent (Entry 2 of 2)
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: one who has unlimited power or authority : one who is omnipotent
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Examples of omnipotent in a Sentence
Adjective
Rockefeller mostly left the uncertain task of drilling to thousands of independent producers, who then competed furiously to sell him crude oil at the cheapest possible price. As a result, he was loathed by the drillers, who saw him as an omnipotent deity shadowing their lives. — Ron Chernow, Vanity Fair, May 1998 Whether or not the Big Bang truly implies that the universe was created out of nothing by an omnipotent deity in a wholly gratuitous act of love, it does demonstrate that the universe is, as philosophers say, contingent—that is, it need not have existed. — Jim Holt, Harper's, November 1994 Tad fixes another round and by the time you all troop out of the bathroom you are feeling omnipotent. — Jay McInerney, Bright Lights, Big City, 1984 the nearly universal religious belief that God is omnipotent and omniscientNoun
He pursued his own thoughts without heeding me. 'Jane! you think me, I daresay, an irreligious dog: but my heart swells with gratitude to the beneficent God of this earth just now. … I did wrong: I would have sullied my innocent flower—breathed guilt on its purity: the Omnipotent snatched it from me.' — Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, 1847Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
For the very source of life energies of Earth have become the castrated target of anile bamboozlery from homosapiens’ rabid attempts to manipulate the omnipotent Forces of Nature! — Los Angeles Times, "Pedro Bell, artist who created Funkadelic’s cosmic album covers, dies at 69," 28 Aug. 2019 The idea that American diplomats are both omnipotent and omnicompetent has become a staple of conspiratorial thinking across the world in recent years, and China is deliberately feeding into it. — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, "It’s Time for Trump to Troll China," 16 Aug. 2019 The ultimate threat of an omnipotent artificial intelligence demands that humanity augment or die. — Josh Wilbur, WIRED, "You Could Live Forever With This Sci-Fi Time Hack," 4 June 2019 The virtually omnipotent Kilgrave stalks Jessica through 13 episodes, orchestrating elaborate nightmare scenarios and murdering whenever the whim strikes him. — Noah Berlatsky, The Verge, "Since season 1, Jessica Jones has struggled to mix horror with superheroes," 18 June 2019 Casey downplayed Facebook’s seemingly omnipotent advantage in getting its cryptocurrency adopted and used, saying its incumbent position will not guarantee success. — Robert Hackett, Fortune, "Facebook’s Cryptocurrency Ambitions Provoke Heated Debate—The Ledger," 17 June 2019 The wealthy, omnipotent Oprah Winfrey runs a farm that supplies local restaurants with humble cabbage. — Martha Cheng, WSJ, "Maui: A Discriminating Insider’s Guide," 8 May 2019 An omnipotent Apollo scowls over the mantel; a hungover Bacchus sleeps off a bender in a bedroom downstairs. — James Mcauley, Town & Country, "The Tragic, Fascinating History of Santo Sospir," 13 Aug. 2018 Likethumb_up1 Replyreply Linklink Copy Reportflag omnipotent one 22 hours ago First, those without kids can just shut it. — Lindsey Bever, Washington Post, "‘He was being a little bully’: Video shows father punishing his 10-year-old with run in the rain," 6 Mar. 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
But why must the formerly omnipotent be treated with contempt? — Joe Queenan, WSJ, "The Horror Ahead if We Topple the King of Apples," 4 Oct. 2018 More modern gods are also embodied: Gillian Anderson plays screen-bound, black-and-white Media as a kind of omnipotent Lucille Ball; the quiffed deity of the internet, Technology Boy, rules a virtual world accessed via a VR headset. — Tim Dowling, Newsweek, "Review: 'American Gods' Demands Full Attention and Not a Little Faith," 27 Apr. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'omnipotent.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for omnipotent
omnipotent
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of omnipotent
formal
: having complete or unlimited power
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omnipotent
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Kids Definition of omnipotent
: having power or authority without limit : almighty