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Meanings of feeble in English

Lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality.

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Lacking strength or vigor.

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Examples for "faint"
Examples for "faint"
1
These faint traces you left that say however softly: I was here.
A monster's notes
2
Macklin had been building a hope, however faint, that they might survive.
Swan Song
3
However, he could not suppress a faint hope and he listened carefully.
Agent 6
4
Yet, the faint cries for help plus some dull thumping noises continue.
The Irish Times
5
As he said this, he felt a faint question disturb his thoughts.
Jonathan strange and mr norrell
1
For a mile behind the train straggled the lame and the sick.
The Lions of the Lord: A Tale of the Old West
2
When I led the animal away I found that it was lame.
With Steyn and De Wet
3
The horses stirred uneasily, and the lame animal gave a low whinny.
The Lost Valley
4
The memory of the sick and lame people filled Jesus with sorrow.
Men Called Him Master
5
The blind have been made to see and the lame to walk.
Home Missions in Action

Lacking strength.

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Usage of feeble in English
1
Most of Europe suffers from record low investment and feeble productivity growth.
The Guardian
2
In appearance they are feeble; in reality, copious and full of force.
France and England in North America, Part I: Pioneers of France ...
3
Now, with the aid of feeble though welcome light, his courage grew.
Speaks the Nightbird
4
The story that the candle had expired seemed feeble in the extreme.
Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.)
5
It would be better to enter alone; he must not appear feeble.
A clash of kings
6
We are small and feeble; she is mighty in size and armament.
A Son of the Immortals
7
In a crisis he was feeble and incapable of making a decision.
The girl who kicked the hornet's nest
8
Still the unbroken walls, the feeble patches of violet in the ceiling.
Star Born
9
The poem upon Sallee has forcible sentiments; but the conclusion is feeble.
Lives of the English Poets : Waller, Milton, Cowley
10
The days of the politically feeble old-age pensioner are, I think, numbered.
The Irish Times
11
Some recoil in terror before that test; others, feeble and affrighted, vacillate.
The Confession of a Child of the Century — Volume 3
12
Because our minds work slowly and have very feeble powers of analysis.
Eyeless in Gaza
13
In his career is found no feeble passage; he was always Endicott.
The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 / F...
14
A single stimulus produces the feeble effect shown in the first response.
Response in the Living and Non-Living
15
The move may help the SEC but still leaves it looking feeble.
Reuters
16
He hoped only to buy himself time, and that hope was feeble.
Bones of the Dragon
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Feeble across language varieties
United Kingdom
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United States of America
Less common
Ireland
Less common