weak-minded
[week-mahyn-did]
adjective
having or showing a lack of mental firmness; irresolute; vacillating.
having or showing mental feebleness; foolish.
Origin of weak-minded
First recorded in 1775–85
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Related Words for weak-minded
changeable, hesitant, hesitating, indeterminate, irresolute, spineless, tentative, uncertain, undecided, undetermined, wavering, wishy-washy, astraddle, waffling, weak-kneed, yellow-belliedExamples from the Web for weak-minded
Contemporary Examples of weak-minded
It was flat and pointed, like the heads of many of those unfortunates whom people imprison in asylums for the weak-minded.
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February 20, 2014
Historical Examples of weak-minded
He disliked her child, the little Charles Rougon, who was degenerate and weak-minded.
A Zola DictionaryJ. G. Patterson
I swore it; and then I swore at myself for being so weak-minded as to need to swear.
The Rise of Roscoe PaineJoseph C. Lincoln
I'm not in the least conventional, and I don't think I'm weak-minded.
Audrey CravenMay Sinclair
James of Scotland, then King of England, was weak-minded and extravagant.
The Masked BridalMrs. Georgie Sheldon
That love, too, like a quicksand, too often proves a destroyer to the weak-minded.
An OutcastF. Colburn Adams
weak-minded
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