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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’." }