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infirmity

[in-fur-mi-tee] / ɪnˈfɜr mɪ ti /


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She seems to demand as much attention as a newborn infant by weaponizing her exaggerated infirmity.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 6, 2024

To Thomas, these schemes would present no constitutional infirmity, and courts could do nothing to stop them.

From Slate • May 23, 2024

The bandage drapes the left hamstring, whose infirmity might have made Djokovic’s three-set win over Grigor Dimitrov in Saturday’s third round sort of a surprise.

From Washington Post • Jan. 21, 2023

Connie Schultz, a columnist for USA Today, lashed out at critics mocking Fetterman's performance "as if they are immune from the randomness of illness and infirmity."

From Salon • Oct. 26, 2022

The letter that Lord Wyman Manderly had sent back from White Harbor had spoken of his age and infirmity, and little more.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin




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