feebleminded
adjective
datedus/ˌfi·bəlˈmɑɪn·dɪd,ˈfi·bəlˌmɑɪn·dɪd/unabletothinkcarefully:
Theseregulationswillprotectthefoolishandfeeble-minded.
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For the mathematics of his calculation to work out, he must have assumed that two-thirds of the frater nizers werefeebleminded.
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That we are providing the money which is really required to help thefeeblemindedpersons.
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I want to say a word on a class offeeblemindednot technically children, but to which similar considerations apply.
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I wish information as to one point with respect to thefeebleminded.
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Then again take the care of thefeebleminded.
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He alone remains,feebleminded, useless, dangerous to nobody.
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It is not a case of beingfeeblemindedor of brain disease, or of arrested development, and it is absolutely curable.
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How on earth are thefeeblemindedchildren to have half-crowns in their pockets?
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It is the mark of thefeeblemindedperson to be wanting in self-control.
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There is nothing more distressing, to my mind, than to see parents who havefeeblemindedchildren who are not in a position to see them well cared for.
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At the end of another five years another report has to be made, and if he is stillfeeblemindedhe has to remain for another five years.
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It is only when we come to the definition of what constitutesfeeblemindedpersons that we come to the real difficulty so far as definition is concerned.
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The three existing insane asylums being filled to capacity, he supported bills establishing a new asylum in the southwest, and a colony for thefeebleminded.
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