weak-minded
Americanadjective
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having or showing a lack of mental firmness; irresolute; vacillating.
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having or showing mental feebleness; foolish.
adjective
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lacking in stability of mind or character
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another word for feeble-minded
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of weak-minded
First recorded in 1775–85
Example Sentences
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Facebook and FOX are junk food for the weak minded or just plain lazy.
From New York Times • May 21, 2016
He’s very weak minded and he’s very nervous.
From The Guardian • Nov. 24, 2015
They are weak minded, and the established impresses itself upon them as easily as the name of the brewery is impressed on a beer bottle.
From Martin Eden by London, Jack
It is more than hinted that he had grown very weak minded, or, as the Scotch say, had a bee in his bonnet.
From Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America by Ballou, Maturin Murray
That she was weak minded I feel nearly certain.
From Orley Farm by Trollope, Anthony
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