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Adjective
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(adj)
feeble
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lame
(pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness)
"a feeble excuse"; "a lame argument"
S:
(adj)
faint
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feeble
(lacking strength or vigor)
"damning with faint praise"; "faint resistance"; "feeble efforts"; "a feeble voice"
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(adj)
decrepit
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debile
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feeble
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infirm
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rickety
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sapless
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weak
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weakly
(lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality)
"a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless"
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(adj)
feeble
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nerveless
(lacking strength)
"a weak, nerveless fool, devoid of energy and promptitude"- Nathaniel Hawthorne