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Smallest in amount, extent, or significance
Superlative for lacking physical strength, especially due to illness or age
“When the time came for his arraignment, he was sick and feeble in bed, yet he was forced to rise.”
Superlative for lacking force, vigor, or efficiency in action or expression
“With a feeble murmur, her head drooped backward from a sudden spell of dizziness.”
Superlative for mentally or physically weakened due to old age
“Corentin went back to the cab, and drove to his rooms to assume the disguise of a feeble old man, in a scanty greenish overcoat and a tow wig.”
Superlative for showing or displaying weakness of character or will
“Led by feeble and cowardly men, they made a farce out of Rand's heroic ideal.”
Superlative for failing to convince or impress
“Arnold offered a feeble excuse for his failure to appear.”
Superlative for ineffective, failing to produce a desired or expected result
“It was certainly a feeble solution for a group that desperately needed protection.”
Superlative for small or low in amount, level or degree
“Their general habits of life require but a very feeble amount of aeration, especially at moderate temperatures.”
Superlative for unstable, not securely built
“Let it not be supposed that it is the intention to represent this light and comparatively feeble bridge over the Schuylkill as at all proper to be used, in its present condition, for modern railway purposes.”
Superlative for of unsound structure, easily damaged or destroyed
“Human happiness is, at best, a building upon sand, and mine is a feeble structure, more so than you may suppose.”
Superlative for miserably inadequate, to the point of being deserving of scorn
Superlative for lacking strong features or characteristics and therefore uninteresting
Superlative for lacking energy, drive, motivation or enthusiasm
Superlative for lacking conviction or force
Superlative for bearing the characteristics of a simpleton, or someone who is uneducated
(of a sound or voice) Superlative for faint and high-pitched
Superlative for below the usual or expected size
Superlative for small, thin and weak in build or structure
Superlative for not fixed in place tightly or firmly
Superlative for weak or feeble in quality or condition
Superlative for sentimental in an exaggerated or false way
(of a mixture or effect) Superlative for delicately complex and understated
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