adjective
- Pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness.
- usage: "a feeble excuse"; "a lame argument"
- synonyms: lame
- Lacking strength or vigor.
- usage: "damning with faint praise"; "faint resistance"; "feeble efforts"; "a feeble voice"
- synonyms: faint
- Lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality.
- usage: "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless"
- Lacking strength."a weak, nerveless fool, devoid of energy and promptitude- Nathaniel Hawthorne
- synonyms: nerveless
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