infirm
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6.8
- adjective
- /ɪnˈfɜrm/
- Formal
:
débil
- The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and subsequent jurisprudence do considerably expand the voting rights of the disabled, although no federal right has been established that guarantees the mentally infirm the right to vote.
And because they feel infirm, right?
- And because they feel infirm, right?
Examples
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In the first place, the infirm mind is adept at creating new patterns and competing histories into which one's emotions can be fitted and through which their meaning is to be understood.
Academic text (1995) -
And because they feel infirm, right?
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You are the infirm.
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Meanwhile, those too violent, infirm, disabled, or unintelligent fell aside into prisons, hospitals, the streets, or manual labor.
Blog text (3) -
It was viewed as dangerous, constitutionally infirm, and abhorrent to the tripartite system of American government.
Academic text (1998) -
A reflection of the unrepresentative and infirm democracy in India may be seen in the following statement of former Prime Minister Rao in the context of a comprehensive social audit of the economic policy changes since 1991.
Academic text (1997) -
While that description may have accurately depicted the nature of the infirm Yeltsin's oversight, it also represented a conscious attempt to enlarge the sphere of professional military discretion at Yeltsin's and Putin's expense, and Putin quashed it.
Academic text (2002) -
Despite his infirm health, he still managed to volunteer at the local shelter.
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Many believed that his infirm spirit held him back from achieving his goals.
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After the accident, he felt too infirm to continue his daily exercise routine.
Synonyms
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3.9
Physically or mentally weak and low in energy
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4.9
Weak in character and likely to give in under pressure
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5.5
Not moving and without the energy or will to act
Antonyms
How Resolute
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Infirm comes from in- 'not' and firm 'strong', the same root as the English word firm meaning steady. So to be infirm in character is to be 'not strong' in will, easily changed or weak.