weak-minded

[ week-mahyn-did ]

/ ˈwikˈmaɪn dɪd /

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adjective

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

having or showing mental feebleness; foolish.

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Words nearby weak-minded

weak sauce, weak side, weak sister, weak-headed, weak-kneed, weak-minded, weak-willed, weaken, weaker sex, weakest link, weakfish

Origin of weak-minded

First recorded in 1775–85

OTHER WORDS FROM weak-minded

weak-mind·ed·ly, adverbweak-mind·ed·ness, noun

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Example sentences from the Web for weak-minded

It was flat and pointed, like the heads of many of those unfortunates whom people imprison in asylums for the weak-minded.
Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show|Robert W. Chambers|February 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
That love, too, like a quicksand, too often proves a destroyer to the weak-minded.
An Outcast|F. Colburn Adams
It was in vain he hinted that in all cases of difficulty he, he the archdeacon, was willing and able to guide a weak-minded dean.
Barchester Towers|Anthony Trollope
They cared finely for the insane also and for the weak-minded.
The Century of Columbus|James J. Walsh

This was enough to win to his side the weak-minded Paul, whose delight in soldiers he well knew.
Famous Men and Great Events of the Nineteenth Century|Charles Morris
Still he did it, and I am weak-minded enough to be grateful.
Rosa Mundi and Other Stories|Ethel M. Dell

British Dictionary definitions for weak-minded

weak-minded

adjective

lacking in stability of mind or character

another word for feeble-minded

Derived forms of weak-minded

weak-mindedly, adverbweak-mindedness, noun

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weak-minded

adjective

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adjective

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