Adjective : feeble-minded remarks. From Dictionary.com.
It was nothing but one more symptom of my recent feeble-mindedness. From Wordnik.com. [DarklyDreamingDexter]
David's feeble-mindedness was probably only one of the awful results. From Wordnik.com. [The Eugenic Marriage, Vol. 3 (of 4) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference
From this couple a line of 496 descendants have come, with no cases of feeble-mindedness. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » A New Scopes Trial Atmosphere?–] Reference
It could eliminate infectious disease, feeble-mindedness, the slums and the centers of vice. From Wordnik.com. [Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86] Reference
In cases of viciousness or feeble-mindedness exhaustive studies have been made by Dr. Schlapp. From Wordnik.com. [The Eugenic Marriage, Volume I. (of IV.) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference
From a first glance at the chart it would appear that Daniel was an accidental case of feeble-mindedness. From Wordnik.com. [The Eugenic Marriage, Vol. 3 (of 4) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference
He may not be able, in his feeble-mindedness, to appreciate it, but her heart brims with tenderness for him. From Wordnik.com. [Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays] Reference
Did He describe the relationship in those terms passionately and continually only for our feeble-mindedness?. From Wordnik.com. [Father is a metaphor. Even he is a metaphor. - 22 Words] Reference
The man who started this terrible line of immorality and feeble-mindedness later married a normal Quaker girl. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » A New Scopes Trial Atmosphere?–] Reference
One little point that illustrates his general ignorance and essential feeble-mindedness was the adoption of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Shape of Things to Come] Reference
In an essay, The Fallacy of Eugenics4, Chesterton said that we betray our own feeble-mindedness by calling them ‘Unfit’. From Wordnik.com. [Chesterton and the Eugenic Nightmare] Reference
The measure of feeble-mindedness is usually the measure of unhappiness when the normal and abnormal are in close companionship. From Wordnik.com. [The Family and it's Members] Reference
All students of social problems will concede that feeble-mindedness is one of the fundamental causes of our numerous social ills. From Wordnik.com. [Mental Defectives and Sexual Offenders Report of the Committee of Inquiry Appointed by the Hon. Sir Maui Pomare, K.B.E., C.M.G., Minister of Health] Reference
This chemically poisoned blood may produce a defective baby -- a child foredoomed to idiocy, or feeble-mindedness, crime, or failure. From Wordnik.com. [The Children's Era] Reference
In a recent study of one hundred families in which feeble-mindedness was obvious, a study carried on by the Massachusetts Society for the. From Wordnik.com. [The Family and it's Members] Reference
Anthony smiled -- "or feeble-mindedness through premature old age.". From Wordnik.com. [The Beautiful and Damned] Reference
Her feeble-mindedness is recognized by teachers and by other pupils. From Wordnik.com. [The Measurement of Intelligence An Explanation of and a Complete Guide for the Use of the Stanford Revision and Extension of the Binet-Simon Intelligence Scale] Reference
Interest has centered in the study of the inheritance of feeble-mindedness. From Wordnik.com. [Introduction to the Science of Sociology] Reference
Heredity of feeble-mindedness, 34; as the hope of the race, 44; study of, 198. From Wordnik.com. [The Task of Social Hygiene] Reference
I admit there may be such a thing as hereditary feeble-mindedness; I believe there is such. From Wordnik.com. [Eugenics and Other Evils] Reference
Nervous diseases, insanity, and feeble-mindedness are a grievous burden for modern society. From Wordnik.com. [Rural Problems of Today] Reference
The method of Binet and Simon renders possible a fairly exact measurement of feeble-mindedness. From Wordnik.com. [The Task of Social Hygiene] Reference
It is unfortunate that rural people do not realize more often the serious meaning of feeble-mindedness. From Wordnik.com. [Rural Problems of Today] Reference
Physical inhibition in the growth of the brain involves, on the mental side, feeble-mindedness and idiocy. From Wordnik.com. [Psychotherapy] Reference
According to the classical definition of feeble-mindedness such individuals cannot be considered defectives. From Wordnik.com. [The Measurement of Intelligence An Explanation of and a Complete Guide for the Use of the Stanford Revision and Extension of the Binet-Simon Intelligence Scale] Reference
Extensive data on the causes of feeble-mindedness and excellent clinical pictures of all grades of mental defects. From Wordnik.com. [The Measurement of Intelligence An Explanation of and a Complete Guide for the Use of the Stanford Revision and Extension of the Binet-Simon Intelligence Scale] Reference
Exact investigation is now showing that feeble-mindedness is passed on from parent to child to an enormous extent. From Wordnik.com. [The Task of Social Hygiene] Reference
But to a Hedges that just shows my feeble-mindedness then, and the fact that I haven't ripped them off shows it now. From Wordnik.com. [AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed] Reference
These relationships of feeble-mindedness have been clearly brought out in an important investigation by Davenport and Weeks. From Wordnik.com. [The Task of Social Hygiene] Reference
Illegitimacy is frequently the result of feeble-mindedness, since feeble-minded women are peculiarly unable to resist temptation. From Wordnik.com. [The Task of Social Hygiene] Reference
Excuse all this excited conversation; but I've just met up with the subject of feeble-mindedness, and it's appalling -- and interesting. From Wordnik.com. [Dear Enemy] Reference
It is therefore necessary to set forth the criterion as to what constitutes feeble-mindedness in the commonly accepted sense of that word. From Wordnik.com. [The Measurement of Intelligence An Explanation of and a Complete Guide for the Use of the Stanford Revision and Extension of the Binet-Simon Intelligence Scale] Reference
Probably no physician could be found who would diagnose the case, on the basis of a medical examination alone, as one of feeble-mindedness. From Wordnik.com. [The Measurement of Intelligence An Explanation of and a Complete Guide for the Use of the Stanford Revision and Extension of the Binet-Simon Intelligence Scale] Reference
If he speaks of the hopelessness of feeble-mindedness, he is thinking of some stunted creature gaping at hopeless lessons in a poor school. From Wordnik.com. [Eugenics and Other Evils] Reference
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