Thesaurus / infirm
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
Such sores can develop when an infirm person remains in the same position for too long in a bed or wheelchair.
THE NURSING HOME DIDN’T SEND HER TO THE HOSPITAL, AND SHE DIEDBY SEAN CAMPBELLJANUARY 8, 2021PROPUBLICA
Coronavirus cases and deaths in Virginia, Maryland and the DistrictThe early assumption that the virus would devastate only the elderly and the infirm has unraveled over eight months.
MORE THAN 10,000 PEOPLE IN D.C., MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA HAVE DIED OF COVID-19REBECCA TANDECEMBER 10, 2020WASHINGTON POST
We have great-grandmothers in their nineties, we have parents and in-laws who are in their seventies and medically a little more infirm—it just didn’t make sense to bring lots of people together in the sort of way that we would usually do.
HOW TO PLAN A COVID-SAFE THANKSGIVING, WEEK-BY-WEEKKATE BAGGALEYOCTOBER 30, 2020POPULAR SCIENCE
I do not intend to vex or grieve you by any conduct of mine; nor do I mean to leave you, now you are both infirm and old.
THE WORLD BEFORE THEMSUSANNA MOODIE
In addition there were several buildings devoted to the care of the aged, the infirm, and the sick.
OUR LITTLE KOREAN COUSINH. LEE M. PIKE
Governmental care of the unemployed, the infant and the infirm, sounds like a chapter in socialism.
THE UNSOLVED RIDDLE OF SOCIAL JUSTICESTEPHEN LEACOCK
When that did not avail, its use was limited to feasts, banquets and sacrifices, and to guests and infirm old age.
THE ART OF DRINKINGGEORG GOTTFRIED GERVINUS
It is probable that his infirm health and his isolated position were his protection.
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND FROM THE ACCESSION OF JAMES II.THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY
The Commissioners made no proposal that outdoor relief to the aged or impotent (or infirm) should be abolished, or even curtailed.
ENGLISH POOR LAW POLICYSIDNEY WEBB
The seven classes insisted on by the classificatory scheme of the Central Authority were (i.) aged or infirm men; (ii).
ENGLISH POOR LAW POLICYSIDNEY WEBB
WORDS RELATED TO INFIRM
- aged
- along in years
- ancient
- broken down
- debilitated
- decrepit
- elderly
- enfeebled
- exhausted
- experienced
- fossil
- geriatric
- getting on
- gray
- gray-haired
- grizzled
- hoary
- impaired
- inactive
- infirm
- mature
- matured
- not young
- olden
- oldish
- over the hill
- past one's prime
- seasoned
- senile
- senior
- skilled
- superannuated
- tired
- venerable
- versed
- veteran
- wasted
- aged
- ailing
- chicken
- debilitated
- decrepit
- delicate
- doddering
- dopey
- effete
- enervated
- enfeebled
- etiolated
- exhausted
- failing
- faint
- flabby
- flat
- fragile
- frail
- gentle
- helpless
- impotent
- inadequate
- incompetent
- indecisive
- ineffectual
- inefficient
- infirm
- insubstantial
- insufficient
- lame
- languid
- low
- out of gas
- paltry
- poor
- powerless
- puny
- sapless
- sickly
- slight
- strengthless
- tame
- thin
- unconvincing
- vitiated
- weak
- weakened
- weakly
- wimpy
- woozy
- zero
- abandoned
- basket-case
- debilitated
- defenseless
- dependent
- destitute
- disabled
- exposed
- feeble
- forlorn
- forsaken
- friendless
- impotent
- inefficient
- inexpert
- infirm
- invalid
- over a barrel
- paralyzed
- pinned
- powerless
- prostrate
- shiftless
- tapped
- tapped out
- unable
- unfit
- unprotected
- up creek without paddle
- weak
- with hands tied
- a wreck
- afflicted
- ailing
- below par
- bummed
- diseased
- down
- down with
- feeling awful
- feeling rotten
- feeling terrible
- got the bug
- indisposed
- infirm
- laid low
- off one's feet
- on sick list
- out of sorts
- peaked
- poorly
- queasy
- rotten
- run-down
- running temperature
- sick as a dog
- under the weather
- unhealthy
- unwell
- woozy
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.