weak-minded

[ week-mahyn-did ]

adjective

1. having or showing a lack of mental firmness; irresolute; vacillating.
2. having or showing mental feebleness; foolish.

weak-minded

adjective

1. lacking in stability of mind or character
2. another word for feeble-minded

Derived Forms

• ˌweak-ˈmindedness, noun
• ˌweak-ˈmindedly, adverb

Other Words From

• weak-minded·ly adverb
• weak-minded·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of weak-minded¹

First recorded in 1775–85

Example Sentences

"The Bell Curve" doesn't call for Black people to be enslaved, but it does suggest that they might be kept fenced into high tech "reservations" for people who are too weak-minded to do work.

From Salon

Biden may be old, but he is far from the debilitated, weak-minded caricature drawn of him by right-wing media.

From Seattle Times

What Ireland has to give the world is not ancient mystical wisdom or imagined ethnic heritage — those are things we invent in the present and mold to our weak-minded purposes.

From Salon

Rogen then described himself as "generally a weak-willed, weak-minded person" and questioned whether he and Apatow would be able to resist Cruise's plea to convert:

From Salon

On Wednesday, the group instead focused its gaze mostly on a series of ideologically charged topics: the purportedly easy life provided to homeless people by weak-minded liberals in Portland, Ore.; the purported mistreatment of a restaurant employee who defended herself against a violent customer; the scourge of a country where, as an on-screen graphic suggested, “Americans No Longer Want To Work Hard.”

From Los Angeles Times