weak-minded

[week-mahyn-did]

adjective

1. having or showing a lack of mental firmness; irresolute; vacillating.

2. having or showing mental feebleness; foolish.

weak-minded

adjective

1. lacking in stability of mind or character

2. another word for feeble-minded

Other Word Forms

• weak-mindedness noun
• weak-mindedly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of weak-minded¹

First recorded in 1775–85

Example Sentences

What began as a beckoning to use his powers to fight for peace and justice on Earth ended with Superman’s parents telling him to rule over a weak-minded species, eliminating anyone who gets in his way.

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"Some infiltrators into the revolution, some saboteurs, and some weak-minded people are taking advantage of the situation in the areas that were recently liberated," he says.

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But police said he was arrogant and manipulative, while Naiyahmi Yasharahyalah was weak-minded and gullible.

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"The Bell Curve" doesn't call for Black people to be enslaved, but it does suggest that they might be kept fenced into high tech "reservations" for people who are too weak-minded to do work.

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Biden may be old, but he is far from the debilitated, weak-minded caricature drawn of him by right-wing media.

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