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feeble

Something that is feeble is very weak. The old man is feeble. I was very feeble that day because I was sick. That's a feeble excuse. Don't listen to her; she's feeble-minded.

feeble

(= lame) pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness a feeble excuse a lame argument (= nerveless) lacking strength a weak, nerveless fool, devoid of energy and promptitude — Nathaniel Hawthorne (= faint) lacking strength or vigor damning with faint praise faint resistance feeble efforts a feeble voice (= sapless) lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality a feeble old woman her body looked sapless

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Simple sentences

The old lady has been rather feeble since her illness.
Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.
Tom's grandmother is quite feeble and needs help with her daily activities.
A lonely boy was reading near a feeble fire.
She met my feeble joke with a blank stare.
Happiness is a feeble flower.

Movie subtitles

Don't be so feeble.
The newspapers pounced on him, made him a target for their feeble humor.
How can we do that when your science and inventions. are perpetually changing life for us. when you're everlastingly contriving strange things. when you make what we think great seem small. when you make what we think strong seem feeble?
The old man's feeble-minded.
My excuse is equally feeble.
Blessed are the feeble-minded, says the Scripture.
Well, you're feeble-minded.
Feeble?
But even the most minute of them have an instinct and talent for industry social organization and savagery that makes man look feeble by comparison.
That's a feeble kind of joke.
Japan's not as feeble as you might think.
It seemed feeble.
How can you tell me you're too old and feeble to fight when you fought as you did at Ojos? Tell me that.
In the decision that came down from Stuttgart. it is stated that your mother suffered from hereditary feeble-mindedness.
The newspapers made him a target for their feeble humour.
I've enriched your feeble life beyond your capacity to repay me.
Banjo. Hello, Banjo, my boy. How are you, you feeble-minded actor?
I have saved good people. And this feeble too.
You spoke: city - force, and here everybody are feeble.
Strong comes, becomes feeble.
Looks damn feeble.
Precious is a feeble word, Holmes.
Oh, that's a very feeble lie.
Etch that on your feeble, doddering memory.
Oh, I don't deny that there's certain types of hysterical feeble-minded people, who'll go under if you point your finger at them. But anyone with an ounce of character.
But with the feeble-minded, as you say.
What do you think of Nitram's songs? - Pretty feeble.
Pop, you must be getting feeble.
No, just petulance at being questioned a couple of feeble jokes.
That is a very feeble reason, even in London.
HA. HA. I MUST BE GETTING FEEBLE MINDED.
I may be feeble in body but not in mind.
Of all the feeble-witted sermons, I have had to sit through.
With my feeble legs.
In the decision that came from Stuttgart, it is stated that your mother suffered from hereditary feeble-mindedness.
Was she feeble-minded?
Well, like is a very feeble word.
Exactly the type most likely to make a good companion for feeble, spineless, confused men.

News and current affairs

Europe's global influence is feeble because of its internal quarrels and lack of unity, which render the European Union weak and limit its ability to act.
Signs of the American economy's perilous condition are everywhere - from yawning fiscal and current-account deficits to plummeting home prices and a feeble dollar.
But the most over-hyped argument concerns Russia's feeble tax collection.
On the other hand, psychiatric public policy must also take into consideration the feeble social and political status of the severely mentally ill.
The only prospect for a feeble identity of interest is the emergence of some form of economic regionalism, pursued by Asian leaders through free-trade agreements.
Everyone seems to agree that more investment would help to strengthen a worryingly feeble European economy.
There is no reason to believe that Netanyahu's new government will seek to revive the increasingly feeble and moribund peace process, beyond offering verbal promises and inconsequential half-measures.
Once again, Abbas looked feeble in comparison.
The incumbent's advantage in Latin America owes much to the feeble regulations restricting the government's use of the state apparatus for campaign purposes.
Feeble at best, they have invariably avoided the type of structural changes Pakistan needs if it is ever to break out of its recurring, worsening crisis.
From a crowd favourite, an idol of women and intellectuals, Yeltsin turned into a feeble old man who aroused pity.
Badly regulated banking sectors, feeble market structures, and weak competition, as well as trade and current-account restrictions, were also among the shortcomings identified.
The world will have to get used to the fact that Russia is no longer a feeble country.
Year after year, the Russian Central Bank (RCB) blames the weather, the poor harvest, or other non-monetary factors for its feeble performance in lowering the inflation rate.
As with China today, there would have been some feeble international condemnation, and some speculation about possible links between Kazakh militants and exile groups, or Islamic fundamentalists.
Today's marches and demonstrations are a feeble reminder of those times, while parties everywhere are hemorrhaging members.
Because the major industrial economies seem to be on the path to recovery - albeit a feeble one - no one seems to care very much that the mechanisms of cooperation are worn out. They should.
No, the surprise was that it took so long for communists to trot out this old card, and that the echo was so feeble.
Instead of researching the focus area's agricultural base, social structures, and local cultures the plan's officers launched a program based on hearsay and feeble contacts.
When I saw him in a courtroom, he was weak and feeble and looked like a broken old man.

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