weak-minded
Americanadjective
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having or showing a lack of mental firmness; irresolute; vacillating.
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having or showing mental feebleness; foolish.
adjective
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lacking in stability of mind or character
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another word for feeble-minded
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of weak-minded
First recorded in 1775–85
Example Sentences
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Facebook and FOX are junk food for the weak minded or just plain lazy.
From New York Times • May 21, 2016
He’s very weak minded and he’s very nervous.
From The Guardian • Nov. 24, 2015
Jem was grateful beyond measure, but Baby seemed to consider her weak minded.
From Little Saint Elizabeth and Other Stories by Burnett, Frances Hodgson
They all grow old and gray; and, if there were no cure for age, they would become feeble and toothless and blind, deaf, tottering, and weak minded.
From The Story of Siegfried by Baldwin, James
They ridicule all alike—the strong-minded for their principles, the weak minded for their panniers.
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
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