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
The sheer feebleness of it rendered it unanswerable.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 30, 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
Nothing but the grossest and most revolting brutality could make a man reproach his parents with the feebleness of age or illness, or the incapacity to exert their talents for support.
From The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society by Cecil B. Hartley
