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feeblest-minded

feeblest-minded is the superlative form of feeble-minded.

Meaning of feeble-minded

Adjective

feeble-minded (comparative more feeble-minded or feebler-minded, superlative most feeble-minded or feeblest-minded)

  1. 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

Questions about feeblest-minded

What is feeblest-minded the superlative form of?
Feeblest-minded is the superlative form of feeble-minded.

Words near feeblest-minded in the dictionary

  1. feebler-minded
  2. feebles
  3. feeblesome
  4. feebless
  5. feeblest
  6. feeblest-minded
  7. feebling
  8. feeblings
  9. feeblish
  10. feebly
  11. feebs

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