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{
"term": "feeble",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "very weak",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He looked feeble and confused."
},
{
"text": "She was pale and had a feeble pulse."
},
{
"text": "The patient appears feeble and emaciated."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "not effective; not showing energy or effort",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a feeble argument/excuse/joke"
},
{
"text": "She made a feeble attempt to explain what had happened."
},
{
"text": "Don't be so feeble! Tell her you don't want to go."
},
{
"text": "He told a few feeble jokes."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfiːbl/",
"audio": "fe/feeble/feeble__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfiːblə(r)/",
"audio": "fe/feeble/feebler__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfiːblɪst/",
"audio": "fe/feeble/feeblest__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfiːbl/",
"audio": "fe/feeble/feeble__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfiːblər/",
"audio": "fe/feeble/feebler__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfiːblɪst/",
"audio": "fe/feeble/feeblest__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French fieble, earlier fleible, from Latin flebilis ‘lamentable’, from flere ‘weep’."
}