weakminded

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A form of weak-minded — Having or exhibiting a mind that lacks steadfastness, resoluteness or especially judgment; not strong-minded.

Scrabble 21

Meanings

adjectiveweakminded (comparative more weakminded, superlative most weakminded)

comparative more weakminded · superlative most weakminded

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of weak-minded.

    An aroma of fraud hung about it, and only a weakminded person would waste time on it.

    2001, Upton Sinclair, Presidential Agent I - Volume 1, →ISBN, page 218
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    They appeal to the brave gens and gens braves as opposed to the "weakminded" and "dishonest" politicians and they assume that those once ready to die for the fatherland should again unite in the spirit of battleground comradeship

    1961, J. A. Laponce, The Government of the Fifth Republic, page 158

    It didn't help that here, even more than back home, the promise of justice was little more than reassurance for the weakminded.

    2006, Andrew Fish, Erasmus Hobart and the Golden Arrow, →ISBN, page 61

    Existing studies of such institutions show that different institutional situations resulted in different ways of classifying weakminded inmates.

    1994, Michael Clark, Catherine Crawford, Legal Medicine in History, →ISBN, page 234

Origin

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APA

weakminded. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weakminded

MLA

“weakminded.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weakminded. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “weakminded,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weakminded.

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