feeble
feeble Lexical Profile
feeble Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Lacking physical strength, especially as a result of age, illness, or exhaustion.
"After weeks of recovering from pneumonia, the patient was still too feeble to walk without assistance."
Failing to convince or impress; lacking force, effectiveness, or resolve.
"He offered a feeble excuse for missing the deadline, which the committee immediately rejected."
Faint, dim, or barely perceptible in intensity (especially of light, sound, or warmth).
"A feeble beam of sunlight filtered through the dense canopy of the forest."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Old French 'feble' (modern French 'faible'), which evolved by dissimilation from Latin 'flebilis', meaning 'lamentable' or 'to be wept over', from the verb 'flere' (to weep).
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