infirmity
a physical weakness or ailment: the infirmities of age.
quality or state of being infirm; lack of strength.
a moral weakness or failing.
Origin of infirmity
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- su·per·in·fir·mi·ty, noun, plural su·per·in·fir·mi·ties.
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How to use infirmity in a sentence
Page asked each candidate whether they had discussed the issue of age and infirmity with the presidential standard-bearers.
Vice presidential debate: Highlights and fact-checks | Colby Itkowitz, Anne Gearan, Matt Viser, Felicia Sonmez, John Wagner | October 8, 2020 | Washington PostAlma Hitchcock, the times I saw her, was a frail, birdlike woman who looked angry about her infirmity.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe state law bars giving gun permits to people with a “physical infirmity that inhibits safe handling.”
Iowa Debates Concealed-Carry Permits for the Blind | Miranda Green | September 10, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWhether infirmity or utter lack of enthusiasm is the reason remains unclear.
Southern Discomfort in Election of Pope | Christopher Dickey, Mac Margolis | March 13, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTMedical infirmity, a standard clause in most contracts like this, might have provided him a consequence-free out.
There remain still the uncounted thousands who by accident or illness, age or infirmity, are unable to maintain themselves.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockIf he declines, or shews the least infirmity of purpose, he will be drugged and taken home that way.
The Weight of the Crown | Fred M. WhiteRobin the gardener brought up the rear, his body all shaking with his infirmity, and showing the divine stigmata on his hands.
The Merrie Tales Of Jacques Tournebroche | Anatole FrancePeter was not lame; but his father, by reason of that infirmity had received the nick-name which his son preserved.
The Pilgrim's Shell or Fergan the Quarryman | Eugne SueWoman's prescriptive infirmity had stalked into the sunlight, which had clothed it in the freshness of an originality.
Far from the Madding Crowd | Thomas Hardy
British Dictionary definitions for infirmity
/ (ɪnˈfɜːmɪtɪ) /
the state or quality of being infirm
physical weakness or debility; frailty
a moral flaw or failing
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