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synonyms for feeble
- ailing
- decrepit
- flabby
- fragile
- frail
- incompetent
- inefficient
- infirm
- lame
- paltry
- puny
- sickly
- tame
- weak
- weakened
- aged
- chicken
- debilitated
- delicate
- doddering
- dopey
- effete
- emasculated
- enervated
- enfeebled
- epicene
- etiolated
- exhausted
- failing
- faint
- flat
- gentle
- helpless
- impotent
- inadequate
- indecisive
- ineffectual
- insubstantial
- insufficient
- languid
- low
- out of gas
- poor
- powerless
- sapless
- slight
- strengthless
- thin
- unconvincing
- vitiated
- weakly
- wimpy
- woozy
- zero
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How to use feeble in a sentence
That’s largely due to the feeble illumination of the sun there, which amounts to less than 4 percent of the energy per square meter that hits Earth’s atmosphere.
Jupiter’s intense auroras superheat its upper atmosphere | Sid Perkins | August 16, 2021 | Science NewsThese justifications, which are actually pretty feeble from an engineering standpoint, are fed into our brains from that big marketing program.
Our official high temperature stood late Saturday at 59 feeble degrees.
From just 152 cases on April 1, it’s now clocking more than 8,000 cases a day, straining its feeble healthcare infrastructure.
Modi Never Bought Enough COVID-19 Vaccines for India. Now the Whole World Is Paying | Debasish Roy Chowdhury | May 28, 2021 | TimeAnaxagoras fully agreed that the senses could be misleading, calling them “feeble” and unable “to distinguish what is true.”
2,500 years ago, the philosopher Anaxagoras brought science’s spirit to Athens | Tom Siegfried | May 4, 2021 | Science NewsThat appears, at best, to be feeble, at worst to have atrophied altogether.
Why’s Al Qaeda So Strong? Washington Has (Literally) No idea | Bruce Riedel | November 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHowever, Plato and Aristotle each called for the exposure of feeble infants.
Our feeble attempts to push back the Grim Reaper only sharpen its cruel bite, not dull it.
The best line of his speech: “Words seem so futile, so feeble.”
Best Oscar Speeches of All Time: Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep & More | Kevin Fallon | March 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThere were electric lamps in the ceiling, but the light was feeble and the power intermittent.
The Real Monuments Men: The Coronation Chamber of Hitler | Robert Edsel | February 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis was somewhat tiresome; and, after a rather feeble attempt at a third laugh, Davy said, "I don't feel like it any more."
Davy and The Goblin | Charles E. CarrylThe General in command of the station was a feeble old man, suffering from senile decay.
The Red Year | Louis TracyThe gnarled hands shut up into clenched fists, and the feeble voice trailed off in an agonized moan.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairThe machine penetrated everywhere, thrusting aside with its gigantic arm the feeble efforts of handicraft.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockHer heart had always been weak, I'd known that, and it had gradually grown more feeble.
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