feeble-minded
adjective
lacking the normal mental powers.
feeble-mindedness
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a word derived from
feeble-minded.
Example Sentences
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Goddard’s proposed cure to the nation’s feeble-mindedness was widely implemented.
From Slate ● Jun. 14, 2021
The Ohio researcher said that some of his subjects were "greatly influenced by the pleasant appearance or smile, but for some the smile denotes intelligence and for others it denotes feeble-mindedness."
From Slate ● Jan. 10, 2012
Most mental traits are even more complex in appearance than feeble-mindedness.
From Applied Eugenics by Paul Popenoe
His duty will be to supervise the work of mental testing, the work of diagnosis for feeble-mindedness and selection of the subnormal children, the teaching of such children.
From The Science of Human Nature A Psychology for Beginners by William Henry Pyle
Even the legal tests as to insanity and feeble-mindedness are neither logical nor humane.
From Crime: Its Cause and Treatment by Clarence Darrow
