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feebleminded

/fee-buhl-mahyn-did/US // ˈfi bəlˈmaɪn dɪd //

软弱无能,软弱无力,弱智,弱智的人

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : lacking the normal mental powers.
    • : Medicine/Medical. mentally deficient.
    • : stupid or foolish; not sensible: feeble-minded remarks.
    • : Archaic. lacking firmness of mind; indecisive.

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Examples

  • He is a rather quaint fellow on the whole, coy though not feebleminded in the medical sense.

  • From this Glenwood home for the feebleminded she was released.

  • She ruled, but did so with such exquisite tact that her feebleminded lord never suspected it.

  • Marriage with a feebleminded person not only should be advised against, but should be prohibited by law.

  • A feebleminded man has much fewer chances for marriage than has a feebleminded woman.