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. See feeble-minded
   another word for feeble-minded

Derived Forms

• ˌweak-ˈmindedly, adverb
• ˌweak-ˈmindedness, noun

Other Words From

• weak-minded·ly adverb
• weak-minded·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of weak-minded¹

First recorded in 1775–85

Example Sentences

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg

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

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

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