debilitated
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- adjective
- /dɪˈbɪlɪˌteɪtɪd/
- He felt debilitated after the surgery, unable to perform routine tasks without help.
- so debilitated
- very debilitated
- ill and debilitated
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Watch on YouTubeAnd warehousing them through those later years where they're so debilitated that the quality of life is de minimis at that point.
- And warehousing them through those later years where they're so debilitated that the quality of life is de minimis at that point.
- And I mean, you're debilitated and people take them in the craziest of settings.
- So if you have a mate, for example, who becomes cost inflicting or becomes sufficiently debilitated or who.
Examples
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In the eyes of the city fathers, these groups simply represented the most debilitated and hopeless of all the community's needy population (Rothman, 1971).
Academic text (1993) -
The pets and zoo animals under the stewardship of human animals become as debilitated as humans.
Blog text (32) -
What good is a human right if one is too sick or debilitated to enjoy it?
Blog text (13) -
The patient, however, was extremely weak and debilitated.
Academic text (1990) -
They were really debilitated as much by their fear, depression and anxiety as by their cancer.
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So this severely debilitated him and cognitively and emotionally and physically.
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It was in this debilitated and delicate condition that I began the unwanted task of giving Colonel Bodeen what he wanted—and didn't want.
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Too debilitated to care for himself and barely conscious, Ah Fatt is "so thickly mired in dirt and mud that it was impossible to tell whether he was naked or clothed" (SP 309).
Academic text (2018) -
After the illness left her feeling debilitated, she struggled to regain her strength.
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Many patients become debilitated due to prolonged illness, impacting their daily lives.
Synonyms
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Very tired and completely used up for a person or thing after using all energy
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Not working well because of damage or weakness
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2.7
Not as strong or effective
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6.3
Unable to move or act normally after illness such as an injury
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Feeling very tired and having no energy
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Extremely tired and with no energy after hard work
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Physically or mentally weak and low in energy
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5.3
Being very tired and slow with little interest or energy
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Completely unable to move or continue because of extreme tiredness
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A living thing that is very weak and thin from old age or long illness
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Feeling weak and tired as if you do not have energy
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Feeling very weak and having little energy
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Weak in the body and having little strength
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Physically weak, often with shaky or bent legs
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Thin and weak in body, often after an illness
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Physically weak and without energy, often after an illness
Very tired after hard physical or mental work
Antonyms
How Weak
Surface Forms
Morphology
debilitated = debilitate (transparent) = debilitate + ed
Formed as the past-participle adjective from the verb 'debilitate' meaning 'to make weak', so the adjective meaning is directly derived from the verb.
Etymology
Debilitated comes from a Latin idea meaning 'to make weak'; the prefix de- means 'down' or 'away' and the root is like able, which shows power or strength. So, if someone is debilitated, they are 'made not able' and feel weak and without energy, often after illness or injury.