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View synonyms for weak-minded

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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌweak-ˈmindedness, noun
  • ˌweak-ˈmindedly, adverb
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Other Words From

  • weak-minded·ly adverb
  • weak-minded·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of weak-minded1

First recorded in 1775–85
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Example Sentences

It was flat and pointed, like the heads of many of those unfortunates whom people imprison in asylums for the weak-minded.

They terrify the weak minded by frightful ideas which they hold out to them of the Deity.

The weak-minded baby will not do this, and often as late as two years it will not make any attempt to walk or to talk.

But how could this weak-minded sovereign co-operate with plebeians against the orders which sustained his throne?

A home where everything is done to promote their health and happiness is, for the weak-minded, a new world.

What madness to let a weak-nerved, weak-minded fellow like that go prowling about country roads in the night.

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