weakminded en · ADJ
Etymology
From weak + minded.
Meanings
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of weak-minded.
alt of weak-minded
An aroma of fraud hung about it, and only a weakminded person would waste time on it.
2001, Upton Sinclair, Presidential Agent I - Volume 1, →ISBN, page 218:They appeal to the brave gens and gens braves as opposed to the "weakminded" and "dishonest" politicians and they assume that those once ready to die for the fatherland should again unite in the spirit of battleground comradeship
1961, J. A. Laponce, The Government of the Fifth Republic, page 158:It didn't help that here, even more than back home, the promise of justice was little more than reassurance for the weakminded.
2006, Andrew Fish, Erasmus Hobart and the Golden Arrow, →ISBN, page 61:Existing studies of such institutions show that different institutional situations resulted in different ways of classifying weakminded inmates.
1994, Michael Clark, Catherine Crawford, Legal Medicine in History, →ISBN, page 234:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more weakminded | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most weakminded | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |