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Recent Examples of feebleminded
That, Dovey Johnson Roundtree knew, could have immense significance for her client, a feebleminded day laborer accused of one of the most sensational murders of the mid-20th century.
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Margalit Fox, New York Times, 21 May 2018
While the Queen is patient and nurturing with her addled husband, even making excuses for him when his erratic behavior turns violent, others in Madrid see his feebleminded unpredictability as cause for urgent replacement.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Dec. 2017
Margalit Fox, New York Times, 21 May 2018
While the Queen is patient and nurturing with her addled husband, even making excuses for him when his erratic behavior turns violent, others in Madrid see his feebleminded unpredictability as cause for urgent replacement.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Dec. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for feebleminded
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Tranquillity, often simple but rarely simpleminded, may be Ruscha’s essential quality as an artist.—
Jackson Arn,
The New Yorker,
2 Oct. 2023
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But in general election terms, impeachment is a boon for the Democrats, which is why McCarthy is desperately trying to slow-walk these simpleminded drives for vengeance.—
Walter Shapiro,
The New Republic,
7 July 2023
Adjective
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As Legally Blonde's Elle Woods, Witherspoon charted a memorable path from dumb blonde to Harvard Law School graduate.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Nov. 2025
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Celebrities fight it out to be eliminated from the competition as quickly as possible to avoid being crowned the nation’s dumbest.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
4 Nov. 2025
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What gave me the crazy idea to stand at the bar, listening to that woman being praised for her stupid f---ing commitment to New York City and her ugly f---ing buildings?—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
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Her mechanism for luring victims involves a stick, someone’s hair, her blood, and another person stupid enough to let her through their front door.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
6 Nov. 2025
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In Killers of the Flower Moon, his Ernest Burkhart starts off as a mopey, weak-minded World War One veteran, eager to do anything for his godfather uncle (Robert De Niro), but there’s still a certain likability to his dim-bulb submissiveness.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
2 Oct. 2025
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And one aspect of ageism is assuming that older people are dependent and weak-minded, and need other (younger) people to tell them what to do.—
Erika Andersen,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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The speech drew death threats and charges of antisemitism—an imbecilic response, and also a pointed reminder of Germany’s relentless crackdown on criticism of Israel.—
Justin Chang,
The New Yorker,
27 Feb. 2025
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But Newsom was voted into office by a nearly 2-to-1 margin, and he’s handled the unprecedented dual challenges of COVID-19 and climate change reasonably well and far better than the imbecile Trump.—
Steve Lopez Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2021
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The life of an unattractive and unintelligent young woman living in a dreary backwater in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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The man seemed to think he was surrounded by incompetent, unintelligent, wastes of space.—
Josh Davis,
Fortune,
17 Sep. 2025
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He was then taken to United Hospital in St. Paul and determined to be brain-dead by medical professionals.—
Talia McWright,
Twin Cities,
28 Oct. 2025
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He was delivered by Caesarian section because a donor heart became available from a brain-dead baby in Canada.—
Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Oct. 2025
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Gavras and Arbery may have other, more singular aims in mind, hidden beneath all the obvious skewering of witless wealth.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Sep. 2025
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Austin doesn't even seem to register his witless neighbor's lack of social skills until Craig punches his lights out—supposedly in fun—during a guys' night get-together.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
9 May 2025
Cite this Entry
“Feebleminded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feebleminded. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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