as in weakness
the quality or state of lacking physical strength or vigor
the patient felt a lingering feebleness in the weeks following her heart surgery
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Noun
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That humility will always prevail over ego, kindness isn’t a form of weakness, and true happiness isn’t measured by what’s in your bank account or even by the empty rows of your refrigerator.—
Christopher Kamrani,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025 -
How does the relative length of our haunting reflect our collective moral strengths and weaknesses?—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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As my exhaustion broke the spell of curiosity, the narrative appealed to me.—
Jim Beaugez,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
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Is that your way of expressing the anger and exhaustion that so many people feel in the country right now?—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Sometimes AbdulKareem would vomit from hunger and fatigue.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
18 Oct. 2025
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Others point to emotional maturity or social fatigue.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Feebleness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feebleness. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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