feeble
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But the government—with a feeble military, weak economy and fear of stoking internal conflict like the 1975-90 civil war—lacks enforcement capabilities.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Most of his defenders found this argument to be feeble.
From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026
The Indian weather department has labelled the westerly disturbance north India has experienced so far this winter as "feeble" because it could generate very nominal rainfall and snowfall.
From BBC • Jan. 11, 2026
Was their feeble demise a window to their collective soul, a reflection of their spirit under the new, and surely doomed, manager?
From BBC • Jan. 3, 2026
“Precisely,” said the Fat Lady in a feeble voice, and swung forward to reveal the portrait hole.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
Vocabulary lists containing feeble
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Declaration of the Rights of Woman (1791)
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"Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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