the infirm
noun
: people who are weak, ill, etc. : infirm people
providing care for the elderly and the infirm
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There's a lot of pressure that emerges on the labor force because of the requirement to care for the elderly and to care for the infirm, which is growing every month.
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Katie Drummond, Wired News, 18 Nov. 2025
Pretty much all of Alex’s victims are Black people, children and the infirm.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 15 Oct. 2025
During the 1918 flu pandemic, a collective of California citrus growers (known as Sunkist) decided that the refreshing taste of lemon could spur the infirm to drink more fluids.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 July 2025
However, putting our nation’s finances back on track should not be done on the backs of the poor, the disadvantaged or the infirm.
—Dee Stewart, Boston Herald, 20 June 2025
Hamid is always hustling the infirm to supplement his earnings.
—Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 22 May 2025
Those to be released are mostly older people, women, children and the infirm.
—Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
In the dark, subterranean dank were the infirm, isolated, and confused.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 16 Aug. 2024
Raising productivity in caring for the young, the infirm, the helpless, and the elderly is hard, if not impossible.
—Martin Wolf, Foreign Affairs, 1 July 2015
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Katie Drummond, Wired News, 18 Nov. 2025
Pretty much all of Alex’s victims are Black people, children and the infirm.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 15 Oct. 2025
During the 1918 flu pandemic, a collective of California citrus growers (known as Sunkist) decided that the refreshing taste of lemon could spur the infirm to drink more fluids.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 July 2025
However, putting our nation’s finances back on track should not be done on the backs of the poor, the disadvantaged or the infirm.
—Dee Stewart, Boston Herald, 20 June 2025
Hamid is always hustling the infirm to supplement his earnings.
—Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 22 May 2025
Those to be released are mostly older people, women, children and the infirm.
—Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
In the dark, subterranean dank were the infirm, isolated, and confused.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 16 Aug. 2024
Raising productivity in caring for the young, the infirm, the helpless, and the elderly is hard, if not impossible.
—Martin Wolf, Foreign Affairs, 1 July 2015
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“The infirm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20infirm. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.
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