| 单词 | feebleminded |
| 释义 | feebleminded (once / 66776 pages) adj Someone feebleminded is unintelligent. A feebleminded person lacks smarts and does dumb stuff like bring a pit bull to a cat show or drive a convertible in a snow storm. A feebleminded person has a feeble, or weak, mind. To be feebleminded is to be mentally slow. People with an IQ below a certain number are feebleminded in a technical sense. But this word is used more often for people who act dumb without the benefit of a medical excuse. Riding a bike without a helmet is feebleminded. Challenging a cheetah to a running race is feebleminded. To be feebleminded is to act like an idiot. WORD FAMILYfeebleminded: feeblemindedness USAGE EXAMPLES“Crippled,” “handicapped” and “feebleminded” are outdated and derogatory. New York Times(Aug 19, 2016) In 1912, the psychologist Henry H. Goddard concluded that the vast majority of Hungarians, Italians, Jews, and Russians arriving at Ellis Island were “feebleminded.” The New Yorker(Aug 17, 2016) To begin: Ms. Buck was neither epileptic nor feebleminded. New York Times(Mar 06, 2016) adj retarded in intellectual development Syn backward, half-witted, slow-witted retarded relatively slow in mental or emotional or physical development |
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