en·fee·ble
in-ˈfē-bəl 
en-
enfeebled; enfeebling
in-ˈfē-b(ə-)liŋ
en-
: to make feeble : deprive of strength
plural -s
1
: the action of enfeebling
2
: the quality or state of being enfeebled
Examples of enfeeble in a Sentence
Verb
long periods of being confined to a hospital bed will enfeeble anyone
Recent Examples on the Web
Sebastian Smee,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
If the goal instead is regime weakening—enfeebling the Islamic Republic so the Iranian public could overwhelm it—there are two ways forward.
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Dennis Ross,
The Atlantic,
13 Mar. 2026
If that is the case, the economic effect will be to draw capital out of emerging market economies, enfeebling them (and their currencies and bond markets).
—
Mike O'Sullivan,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
Since then, Recep Erdogan has enfeebled the country’s institutions and its economic backbone and has turned a foreign policy that used to be based on ‘no trouble with neigbours’ to one of ‘trouble with neighbours’.
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Mike O'Sullivan,
Forbes,
13 Dec. 2024
That more recent tradition of the Bears — over the last 3 1/2 decades — has been one of mediocrity and that’s something Warren and Ryan Poles — and anyone else attached to the coaching search in any manner — has to convince top candidates will not enfeeble the organization moving forward.
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Brad Biggs,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Dec. 2024
With its proxies enfeebled, the failure of Iran’s second missile barrage to do significant damage, and its adversaries’ superior military and intelligence capacities, the Islamic Republic’s hand has undoubtedly been weakened.
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Ali Vaez,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Oct. 2024
To gain the gavel, McCarthy had to make a series of humiliating, enfeebling concessions to his far-right flank that more or less disempowered him.
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Alex Shephard,
The New Republic,
28 Apr. 2023
The costs of maintaining an enormous Cold War army and navy enfeebled an already unstable Soviet economy.
—
Gregory A. Daddis,
The Conversation,
14 Mar. 2022
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Verb
In Church’s day, that separation depended on promoting a robust idea of American innocence over Europe’s enfeebling corruption.
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Sebastian Smee,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
If the goal instead is regime weakening—enfeebling the Islamic Republic so the Iranian public could overwhelm it—there are two ways forward.
—
Dennis Ross,
The Atlantic,
13 Mar. 2026
If that is the case, the economic effect will be to draw capital out of emerging market economies, enfeebling them (and their currencies and bond markets).
—
Mike O'Sullivan,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
Since then, Recep Erdogan has enfeebled the country’s institutions and its economic backbone and has turned a foreign policy that used to be based on ‘no trouble with neigbours’ to one of ‘trouble with neighbours’.
—
Mike O'Sullivan,
Forbes,
13 Dec. 2024
That more recent tradition of the Bears — over the last 3 1/2 decades — has been one of mediocrity and that’s something Warren and Ryan Poles — and anyone else attached to the coaching search in any manner — has to convince top candidates will not enfeeble the organization moving forward.
—
Brad Biggs,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Dec. 2024
With its proxies enfeebled, the failure of Iran’s second missile barrage to do significant damage, and its adversaries’ superior military and intelligence capacities, the Islamic Republic’s hand has undoubtedly been weakened.
—
Ali Vaez,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Oct. 2024
To gain the gavel, McCarthy had to make a series of humiliating, enfeebling concessions to his far-right flank that more or less disempowered him.
—
Alex Shephard,
The New Republic,
28 Apr. 2023
The costs of maintaining an enormous Cold War army and navy enfeebled an already unstable Soviet economy.
—
Gregory A. Daddis,
The Conversation,
14 Mar. 2022
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“Enfeeble.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enfeeble. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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