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# feeble

«feeble» in Mova's school dictionary: **Very weak, without strength or energy** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (feeble, feebler, feeblest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Very weak, without strength or energy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feeble/#m1)

2) Not good enough or not convincing: «a feeble excuse», «a feeble joke». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feeble/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories: an old or sick character has a feeble voice or feeble steps. In everyday life: «That's a feeble excuse!» means it is not a good reason. «Feeble light» is dim light.

### examples

- The baby bird was feeble and couldn't fly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feeble/#x1)
- "Help," she said in a feeble voice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feeble/#x2)
- That's a feeble excuse for not doing your homework! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feeble/#x3)
- The torch gave a feeble light. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feeble/#x4)
- He made a feeble attempt to lift the box. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feeble/#x5)
- The joke was so feeble nobody laughed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feeble/#x6)
- Years went over, and the Giant grew very old and feeble. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feeble/#x7)

### note

Adverb: feebly. Opposite: strong, powerful. Can be unkind if said about a person; fine for excuses and jokes.

### In the corpora

- [At last a feeble voice answers from an old beech tree: «Ratty!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/35-willows-ch3-part3-snow-in-the-wild-wood/5/)
- [Toad's «feeble voice»: «Thank you so much, dear Ratty!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat/19/)
- [And when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands became feeble, and all the Israelites were affrighted.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.112/)
- [The rock-badgers are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the crags;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.890/)
- [Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.69/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «feeble» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feeble/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.