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as in dumb
not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily I felt a little weak-minded at the beginning of the semester but eventually the class was a breeze

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Recent Examples of weak-minded 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 The older sister, Elena, is thin, beautiful, and somewhat weak-minded. Victoria Uren, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025 Whereas Navalny was poisoned, DT is actually doing the poisoning of his weak-minded supporters. Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 22 Feb. 2024 Quickly, and almost imperceptibly, the impressionable and weak-minded Ernest is coaxed into Hale’s running, murderous plot to accrue even more Osage wealth. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2024 The young man is a weak-minded child in an adult body. Leo Barraclough, Variety, 13 Oct. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for weak-minded
Adjective
  • Ratajkowski has been fighting the stereotype of the dumb model from the beginning of her career.
    Daniel Jackson, Allure, 18 July 2017
  • Ninety nine percent of all NFL players are explicitly not dumb.
    Andy Benoit, The MMQB, 10 July 2017
Adjective
  • Underestimating China would be a grave error, but underestimating the United States would be equally foolish.
    Damien Ma, Foreign Affairs, 1 July 2025
  • Gi-hun himself proved a tough protagonist to root for when the show began, as a foolish gambling addict hoping to reconnect with his family but who becomes obsessed with the games anyway.
    Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 27 June 2025
Adjective
  • Instead, the series seems determined to prove that age is just a number by forcing its leads, now including Choudhury and Parker, to act as if 50 is the new (and very stupid) 30.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2025
  • Jurassic Park, based on the Michael Crichton best-seller, is an evolutionary joke: Man, the master of the universe, has become mere flesh, consumed by animals allegedly too stupid to survive.
    David Denby, Vulture, 3 July 2025
Adjective
  • One of Netflix’s big movie plays for July is the sequel to its very silly but very fun action fantasy film The Old Guard.
    Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 1 July 2025
  • None of that, however, excuses the silly and juvenile behavior of the Assembly’s majority Democrats last week when the chamber took up a resolution commemorating Pride month.
    Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2025
Adjective
  • The whales often appear unbothered, turning gently toward swimmers or drifting by in slow, graceful passes.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 5 July 2025
  • Now, in the new study, researchers have gathered data that supports the theory that the demise of tropical forests, and their slow recovery, limited carbon sequestration – a process where carbon dioxide is removed from the atmosphere and held in plants, soils or minerals.
    Doyle Rice, USA Today, 5 July 2025
Adjective
  • Amanda learned in like 10 seconds, which is insane.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Mar. 2025
  • The emu egg—a two pound, eight-inch ovoid with a sultry teal shell gently speckled in pale green—seemed like just the right absurdist final flourish for an already insane endeavor.
    Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Chris wore a simple navy blue polo shirt and khaki shorts combo, while Alexa showed off her growing bump in a white and blue floral dress — along with an Olympic logo necklace to complete her maternity style.
    Kayla Grant, People.com, 11 July 2025
  • While in many ways, this flat 33km time-trial is simple, particularly in its middle section, there is still plenty to watch out for.
    Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 11 July 2025
Adjective
  • Later in the film, François Arnaud plays a dreamy/nightmare client, matching her gentleness with mad intensity, while giving their scenes together a charge that carries the film into its frenzied conclusion with bold poise.
    Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 11 July 2025
  • Even if its repetitive verbiage drove parents a little mad?
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2025

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“Weak-minded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weak-minded. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.

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