feeble
adjective
physically weak, as from age or sickness; frail.
feebleness
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a word derived from
feeble.
Example Sentences
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The problems with our K-12 school system have been in the making for generations, and what’s frustrating is the feebleness of efforts to address them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
That kind of overwrought rhetoric seems mismatched with the feebleness of the actual effort to keep Mamdani out of office.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2025
If not for the feebleness of the rest of the NFC South, the Bucs would be on the outside looking in of the current playoff picture, holding the eighth-best record in the conference.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 11, 2022
Liz had become accustomed to Grandma’s feebleness in her last years; her youthful strength came as a wonderful surprise.
From Nature ● Dec. 17, 2019
No sooner does he open his mouth than every one recognizes his intellectual feebleness.
From The Gentle Reader by Samuel McChord Crothers
