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
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 Anthony Trollope
On the whole, he could not bring himself to believe that a weak-headed, foolish old creature like Vrain had masqueraded in Jersey Street as Wrent.
From The Silent House by Fergus Hume
All the time that these smiling villains were by consummate art drawing their weak-headed victim into their tolls, what was August doing?
From The End of the World A Love Story by Edward Eggleston
All this was clear enough to Mr. James, but not so clear to his weak-headed and prejudiced wife.
From Celebrated Claimants from Perkin Warbeck to Arthur Orton by Anonymous
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