doddery

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Recent Examples of doddery Service was slow: all the waiters were doddery old men brought out of retirement. Alan Philps, Town & Country, 5 July 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for doddery
Adjective
  • Even that sounds dismissive like Flynn is some doddering old man.
    Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 22 Mar. 2025
  • All this time, a smiling, doddering old man in a tuxedo had been ambling about, tending to guests and waiting on tables.
    Youmna Melhem Chamieh, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Griff's was a cozy space inside with a small, rickety wooden patio in the front and a larger one in the back.
    Brianna Griff, Chron, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Instead of rickety outdoor patios with plastic partitions, diners mostly ate in dining rooms.
    Nick Kindelsperger, Chicago Tribune, 28 Dec. 2022
Adjective
  • No longer the beloved Renaissance prince of his youth, Henry was, by his mid-40s, an increasingly infirm and mercurial monarch who had few qualms about sending his closest companions—among them the aforementioned Thomas More—to the executioner’s block.
    Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Mar. 2025
  • They’re designed for Americans that are struggling, that are below the poverty line, or that are infirm, that can’t work and afford health care.
    Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 9 Mar. 2025

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“Doddery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doddery. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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