feebleness
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The problems with our K-12 school system have been in the making for generations, and what’s frustrating is the feebleness of efforts to address them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
I've read a few reports that seem to indicate that Allen is pleading feebleness and perhaps playing up his mental health issues in a play for leniency.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2023
The sheer feebleness of it rendered it unanswerable.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 30, 2022
Liz had become accustomed to Grandma’s feebleness in her last years; her youthful strength came as a wonderful surprise.
From Nature ● Dec. 17, 2019
The most marked feature of the third variety is the excessive prostration, which is shown in the feebleness of the heart's action and the loss of muscular strength and of control over the sphincters.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Vocabulary lists containing feebleness
The Suffix -ness, Part 2
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Part 2 Vocabulary (Unit 5)
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