infirmity
Example Sentences
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On the whole, Americans don’t do that, largely believing that age and infirmity only matter if they impede on a person’s ability to do their job.
From Salon
And on the whole, Americans don’t do that, believing that age and infirmity only matter if they impede on a person’s ability to do their job.
From Salon
They refuse to accept the infirmities of previous generations without a struggle.
Boxer, who turns 85 next month, offered no counsel to Pelosi, though she pushed back against the notion that age necessarily equates with infirmity, or political obsolescence.
From Los Angeles Times
But these infirmities are not inevitable, and in recent years doctors have learned a lot more about how to prevent dementia.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
