Vocabulary
Feeble
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
lacking physical strength, especially as a result of age or illness.
Urdu meaning
غنودگی کمزوری غذا نہ ملنے کے باعث لاغر ہونا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Feeble critiques of Israel will not stop it; it will only embolden Israel to cause even more havoc in the occupied territories, as well as the larger region.
- As per a report published in this paper, the country has the worst rate of typhoid in South Asia, with the extensively drug-resistant (XDR) strain of `superbug` posing a particularly acute challenge to its feeble health infrastructure.
- For its part, an increasingly imaginary `international community` and the UN have only issued a few feeble and robotic warnings.
- Most Kashmiri parties in the electoral fray are keen to see the feeble attempt at restoring democracy in the state as a potential harbinger of peace to end their exacerbated suffering under Modi`s rule.
- In the context of Baloch missing persons, Pakistan has made feeble attempts to address impunity and the role of intelligence agencies.
Synonyms
weak, weakly, weakened, puny, wasted, frail, infirm, delicate, sickly, ailing, unwell,
Antonyms
strong, brave, forceful
Curator example
“by now, he was too feeble to leave his room”
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