feebleminded
feebleminded is the alternative spelling of feeble-minded.
Meaning of feeble-minded
Adjective
feeble-minded (comparative more feeble-minded or feebler-minded, superlative most feeble-minded or feeblest-minded)
- Weak in intellectual power; lacking firmness or constancy; lacking intelligence.
- Wading through history, he noted that some eugenicists believed that the “distinction between the fit and the unfit could be drawn along racial lines,” and others would define a person as “feeble-minded.”2019 May 28, Ariane de Vogue, “Why Clarence Thomas wrote over a dozen pages on eugenics”, in CNN
- Synonyms:
- irresolute, vacillating, imbecile
Forms of feebleminded
| comparative | more feebleminded |
|---|---|
| superlative | most feebleminded |
Words formed from feebleminded
Questions about feebleminded
- What is feebleminded the alternative spelling of?
- Feebleminded is the alternative spelling of feeble-minded.
Words near feebleminded in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: feebleminded (page history and authors); feeble-minded (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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