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infirm(adjective, weak, thin, delicate, feeble)
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lost(verb, adjective)
6
exhausted(adjective, weak, thin, delicate, miserable)
6
hopeless(adjective, sad, unhappy, miserable, useless)
6
incapacitated(adjective, weak, miserable, inadequate, unfit)
6
inept(adjective, weak, awkward, inadequate, useless)
6
inexpert(adjective, inadequate, incompetent, inept, vulnerable)
6
invalid(adjective, incompetent, vulnerable, incapable, defenceless)
6
paralyzed(adjective, weak, miserable, sick, feeble)
6
prostrate(adjective, weak, miserable, inadequate, feeble)
6
unguarded(adjective, weak, susceptible, vulnerable, insecure)
5
confused
5
baffled
5
confounded
5
enervated(adjective, weak, thin, delicate, inadequate)
5
faint(adjective, weak, thin, delicate, shaky)
5
ineffectual(adjective, strong, weak, ability, thin)
5
lame(adjective, weak, thin, delicate, shaky)
5
shiftless(adjective, incompetent, vulnerable, incapable)
4
at sea(expression, idiom)
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