feeble-minded
lacking the normal mental powers.
Medicine/Medical. (no longer in technical use) mentally deficient.
stupid or foolish; not sensible: feeble-minded remarks.
Archaic. lacking firmness of mind; indecisive.
Origin of feeble-minded
1Other words from feeble-minded
- fee·ble-mind·ed·ly, adverb
- fee·ble-mind·ed·ness, noun
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How to use feeble-minded in a sentence
He is a rather quaint fellow on the whole, coy though not feebleminded in the medical sense.
Ulysses | James JoyceFrom this Glenwood home for the feebleminded she was released.
Twenty Years a Detective in the Wickedest City in the World | Clifton R. WooldridgeShe ruled, but did so with such exquisite tact that her feebleminded lord never suspected it.
Agnes Strickland's Queens of England, Vol. III. (of III) | Rosalie KaufmanMarriage with a feebleminded person not only should be advised against, but should be prohibited by law.
Woman | William J. RobinsonA feebleminded man has much fewer chances for marriage than has a feebleminded woman.
Woman | William J. Robinson
British Dictionary definitions for feeble-minded
lacking in intelligence; stupid
mentally defective
lacking decision; irresolute
Derived forms of feeble-minded
- feeble-mindedly, adverb
- feeble-mindedness, noun
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