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weak-minded

adj

Etymology

From weak + minded. Probably related to weak (“mentally or intellectually deficient”).

  1. inherited from *méntis✻ — “thought”
  2. inherited from *mundiz✻
  3. inherited from *mundi✻
  4. inherited from mynd
  5. inherited from minde
  6. suffixed as minded — “mind + ed”
  7. compounded as weak-minded — “weak + minded”

Definitions

  1. Having or exhibiting a mind that lacks steadfastness, resoluteness or especially judgment

    Having or exhibiting a mind that lacks steadfastness, resoluteness or especially judgment; not strong-minded.

    • Stupid, she told herself. Vain, weak-minded, and stupid.
    • I have lost count of how many times I have heard that Christianity is a crutch for weak-minded people, who can't make it in life without faith.

  2. Mentally or intellectually deficient

    Mentally or intellectually deficient; feeble-minded; half-witted.

    • Their mother is insane ; father somewhat weak-minded.
    • […] they have been looked upon as unstable and the result has been weak-minded progeny.
    • Altogether thirty-four out of 146 'criminal lunatics' admitted to the asylum between 1852 and 1890 were described as weak-minded or imbecile by the asylum staff.

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Derived

weak-mindedly, weak-mindedness

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA