weak-headed
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Etymology
Origin of weak-headed
First recorded in 1645–55
Example Sentences
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I’ve seen this kind of weak-headed apologia over and over on the Internet.
From Slate • Jun. 18, 2021
We have Vinton, Chapin, Frothingham, Adams, Osgood, and many others, but we have some weak-headed brethren also.
From The Secrets of the Great City by McCabe, James Dabney
He's hinting now that I'm too bashful to speak up, and that weak-headed Cecilia Willett believes him.
From Salthaven by Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark)
You're not able—that is, you're too foolish and weak-headed to manage it yourself; and I mean, as your guardian, to put it into the hands of those that shall manage it for you.
From The Kellys and the O'Kellys by Trollope, Anthony
It may mean, that not being a strong-headed man, he necessarily belonged to the other category, and was a weak-headed man.
From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by School, A Sexton of the Old
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