weak-minded
having or showing a lack of mental firmness; irresolute; vacillating.
having or showing mental feebleness; foolish.
Origin of weak-minded
1Other words from weak-minded
- weak-mind·ed·ly, adverb
- weak-mind·ed·ness, noun
Words Nearby weak-minded
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How to use weak-minded in a sentence
It was flat and pointed, like the heads of many of those unfortunates whom people imprison in asylums for the weak-minded.
Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show | Robert W. Chambers | February 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey terrify the weak minded by frightful ideas which they hold out to them of the Deity.
Letters To Eugenia | Paul Henri Thiry HolbachThe weak-minded baby will not do this, and often as late as two years it will not make any attempt to walk or to talk.
The Mother and Her Child | William S. SadlerBut how could this weak-minded sovereign co-operate with plebeians against the orders which sustained his throne?
Beacon Lights of History, Volume IX | John LordA home where everything is done to promote their health and happiness is, for the weak-minded, a new world.
The Quiver 3/1900 | Anonymous
What madness to let a weak-nerved, weak-minded fellow like that go prowling about country roads in the night.
The Riddle of the Mysterious Light | Mary E. Hanshew
British Dictionary definitions for weak-minded
lacking in stability of mind or character
another word for feeble-minded
Derived forms of weak-minded
- weak-mindedly, adverb
- weak-mindedness, noun
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