weak-minded
weak-minded adjective: having or exhibiting a mind that lacks steadfastness, resoluteness or especially judgment; not strong-minded.
Adjective
weak-minded
- Having or exhibiting a mind that lacks steadfastness, resoluteness or especially judgment; not strong-minded.
- Jabba the Hutt: I told you not to admit him. / Luke Skywalker: I must be allowed to speak. / Bib Fortuna: He must be allowed to speak. / Jabba the Hutt: You weak-minded fool! He's using an old Jedi mind trick! / Luke Skywalker: You will bring Captain Solo and the wookie to me. / Jabba the Hutt...1983 May 25, 23:15 from the start, in Return of the Jedi (Star Wars), episode VI (Science Fiction), Lucasfilm Ltd., →OCLC
- Stupid, she told herself. Vain, weak-minded, and stupid.2009, J. V. Jones, A Cavern of Black Ice
- Mentally or intellectually deficient; feeble-minded; half-witted.
- Their mother is insane ; father somewhat weak-minded.1899, Alexander Johnson, “Concerning a form of degeneracy”, in Albion W. Small et al., editors, American Journal of Sociology, volume 4, Chicago: University of Chicago, page 331
- […] they have been looked upon as unstable and the result has been weak-minded progeny.1907, George Henry Savage, The increase of insanity: the Lumleian lectures […] , London: Cassell and Company, Limited, page 37
weak-minded meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Sanskrit
weak-minded in Tamil
- நலிந்த உள்ளங்கொண்ட, பலவீனமான மனங்கொண்ட
weak-minded in Malayalam
- ദുർബലമനസ്സുള്ള
weak-minded in Kannada
- ದುರ್ಬಲ ಮನಸ್ಸಿನ, ಜಾಳೆದೆ
weak-minded in Sanskrit
- foolish or ignorant
- दुर्मति durmati
Examples of weak-minded in a sentence
- Jabba the Hutt: I told you not to admit him. / Luke Skywalker: I must be allowed to speak. / Bib Fortuna: He must be allowed to speak. / Jabba the Hutt: You weak-minded fool!1983 May 25, 23:15 from the start, in Return of the Jedi (Star Wars), episode VI (Science Fiction), Lucasfilm Ltd., →OCLC:
- I have lost count of how many times I have heard that Christianity is a crutch for weak-minded people, who can't make it in life without faith.2012, Ray Comfort, Comfort Food, →ISBN:
- Plato sympathizes with the desire to influence weak-minded people.2013, Kevin S. Decker, Jason T. Eberl, William Irwin, Star Wars and Philosophy: More Powerful than You Can Possibly Imagine, →ISBN:
- Biden may be old, but he is far from the debilitated, weak-minded caricature drawn of him by right-wing media.2024 March 8, David Horsey, “‘Uncommitted’ voters have to face political reality”, in Seattle Times:
Origin of weak-minded
From weak + minded. Probably related to weak (“mentally or intellectually deficient”).
Words formed from weak-minded
Questions about weak-minded
- What does weak-minded mean?
- Weak-minded means having or exhibiting a mind that lacks steadfastness, resoluteness or especially judgment; not strong-minded.
- What is weak-minded in Tamil?
- Weak-minded in Tamil is நலிந்த உள்ளங்கொண்ட, பலவீனமான மனங்கொண்ட. See Weak-minded meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use weak-minded in a sentence?
- Jabba the Hutt: I told you not to admit him. / Luke Skywalker: I must be allowed to speak. / Bib Fortuna: He must be allowed to speak. / Jabba the Hutt: You weak-minded fool!
- What part of speech is weak-minded?
- Weak-minded is an adjective.
Words near weak-minded in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: weak-minded (page history and authors); weak-minded (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); weak-minded (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); weak-minded (Kannada Wiktionary) (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.
Last updated:
Cite this entry: “weak-minded.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/weak-minded. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.