weak-mindedness
Example Sentences
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On "Woke Up New," the Mountain Goats channeled the claustrophobic uncertainty that stems from abandonment, the protagonist's weak-mindedness evoking the neurotic George Costanza of "Seinfeld" fame.
From Chicago Tribune ● Apr. 6, 2011
Mrs. Ellis did not like the trouble of children herself, but through her weak-mindedness she certainly did what she could to make them a trouble to other people.
From Aunt Mary by Mrs. Perring
He, rough in dress and manners and regarding "dudishness" as unfailing proof of weak-mindedness, had set down the fashionable Arthur, with his Harvard accent and his ignorance of affairs, as an unmitigated ass.
From The Second Generation by David Graham Phillips
As Wordsworth has it, "Brook no continuance of weak-mindedness!"
From Love's Pilgrimage by Upton Sinclair
Helen could burn with enthusiasm, yet never exposed herself to suspicion of weak-mindedness.
From The Crown of Life by George Gissing
