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weak-mind·ed

(wēk′mīn′dĭd)
adj.
1. Having or exhibiting a lack of judgment or conviction.
2. Foolish; silly.
3. Of less than normal intellect. Not in scientific use.

weak′-mind′ed·ness n.
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weak-minded

adj
1. (Psychology) lacking in stability of mind or character
2. (Psychology) another word for feeble-minded
ˌweak-ˈmindedly adv
ˌweak-ˈmindedness n
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weak′-mind′ed



adj.
1. having or showing a lack of mental firmness; irresolute; vacillating.
2. feeble-minded; foolish.
[1775–85]
weak′-mind′ed•ly, adv.
weak′-mind′ed•ness, n.
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weak-minded

adjective
1. Displaying a complete lack of forethought and good sense:
2. Offensive. Having only a limited ability to learn and understand:
Informal: soft.
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Translations

weak-minded

[ˈwiːkˈmaɪndɪd] ADJ (= irresolute) → sin carácter; (= not sane) → mentecato
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weak-minded

adj
(= feeble-minded)schwachsinnig
(= weak-willed)willensschwach
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weak-minded

[ˌwiːkˈmaɪndɪd] adjdebole di carattere
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How poor weak-minded King Edwy must have hated Kyningestun!
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They complained at Madrid, and obtained the consent of the weak-minded Philip that the convoy, without discharging its cargo, should remain sequestered in the roads of Vigo until the enemy had disappeared.
Not that I feel the least indebted, upon this score, to my exceedingly weak-minded parents, who, beyond doubt, would have made an arrant genius of me at last, if my guardian angel had not come, in good time, to the rescue.
As to the second question, I gather that the fellow with the bomb was his brother-in-law - quite a lad - a weak-minded creature.
Sound in his principles; tidy in his dress; blessed with moderate politics and a good digestion--a harmless, healthy, spruce, speckless, weak-minded old man.
Put to, put to; if that weak-minded, soft-feeling man, your father, eats or drinks again in this neighbourhood, we shall see him poisoned with the craft of the Red-skins.
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An ugly tone is being allowed to become the norm and it's all about preying on the weak-minded and those whose behaviour is of a more primitive nature.
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