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