Infirm
adjective
Not physically or mentally strong, typically because of age or illness.
His mother was old and infirm.
Often appears as...
- infirm of purpose
- old and infirm
adjective
Lacking determination or resolution.
Their will to fight was extremely infirm.
Often appears as...
- infirm of purpose
- infirm will
noun
A person with physical or mental weakness. The law sometimes provides for certain protections for these individuals.
The law protects the rights of infirms and ensures they have access to proper medical care and facilities.
Often appears as...
- protection for infirm
- infirm rights
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Formal
Technical
adjective
Not physically or mentally strong, typically because of age or illness.
His mother was old and infirm.
Often appears as...
- infirm of purpose
- old and infirm
adjective
Lacking determination or resolution.
Their will to fight was extremely infirm.
Often appears as...
- infirm of purpose
- infirm will
noun
A person with physical or mental weakness. The law sometimes provides for certain protections for these individuals.
The law protects the rights of infirms and ensures they have access to proper medical care and facilities.
Often appears as...
- protection for infirm
- infirm rights
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Age Specific
Often used for elderly people, highlighting their vulnerable physical condition.
The charity focuses on help for the old and infirm.
Pro Tip 2/3Health Context
Commonly appears in health and medical discussions to describe poor condition.
She has been infirm since her stroke last year.
Pro Tip 3/3Compassion Tone
Using 'infirm' shows sensitivity towards people with health issues.
Community services provide meals for the infirm in our neighborhood.
Compare with
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Video examples
Jimmy Nelson: Gorgeous...
They need each other. The children need to chew the meat all day because the adults don't have any teeth, but at the same time, the children take the old aged people out to the toilet because they're infirm, so there's this fantastic community of respect. And they adore and admire one another, and they truly taught me
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Jimmy Nelson: Gorgeous...
They need each other. The children need to chew the meat all day because the adults don't have any teeth, but at the same time, the children take the old aged people out to the toilet because they're infirm, so there's this fantastic community of respect. And they adore and admire one another, and they truly taught me
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Quote examples
Gary Ackerman
American Politician
I've personally demanded that tyrants let their people go. I've tried to feed the hungry, clothe the poor, protect the elderly and infirm, and defend the needy from the aggressively greedy. I've led a blessed life. What a kick for a kid from the projects.
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John Updike
American Novelist
I know more about what it's like to be elderly and infirm and kind of stupid, the way you get forgetful, but on the other hand I'm a littler, wiser, dare we say? The word 'wisdom' has kind of faded out of our vocabulary, but yeah, I'm a little wiser.
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Wayne Dyer
American Psychologist
Don't program yourself to break down as you age with thoughts that decline is inevitable. Time may be passing for our bodies, but because they house our ageless souls, we never need to see ourselves as old and infirm.
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Sam Brownback
American Politician
Every human - especially the most vulnerable, the unborn, the infirm, those ravaged by age and those desperate in despair - should be protected in law, loved, and told repeatedly of their incredible beauty and worth.
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Tom Junod
American Journalist
That there is as yet no drug for immortality - or, for that matter, for muscle growth in the infirm - does not mean that immortality is theoretically or even technically impossible.
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Russell M. Nelson
American Clergyman
Generally, the younger the victim, the greater the grief. Yet even when the elderly or infirm have been afforded merciful relief, their loved ones are rarely ready to let go.
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Paul Hawken
American Environmentalist
The United States prides itself on being the richest country in the world. Yet we can't balance the budget, pay for education, or take care of the aged and infirm.
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George Rogers Clark
American Soldier
The sword is very handsome. I am too old and infirm, as you see, to ever use a sword again, but I am glad that my old mother state has not entirely forgotten me.
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Steven Gundry
American Author
What we know about super old people who are thriving is that they don't become infirm, they don't get cancer, they don't get Alzheimer's.
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Joan Collins
American Actress
You can't help getting older, but you can help yourself from becoming old and infirm, in mind as well as body.
Quote examples
Gary Ackerman
American Politician
I've personally demanded that tyrants let their people go. I've tried to feed the hungry, clothe the poor, protect the elderly and infirm, and defend the needy from the aggressively greedy. I've led a blessed life. What a kick for a kid from the projects.
Quote examples
John Updike
American Novelist
I know more about what it's like to be elderly and infirm and kind of stupid, the way you get forgetful, but on the other hand I'm a littler, wiser, dare we say? The word 'wisdom' has kind of faded out of our vocabulary, but yeah, I'm a little wiser.
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Wayne Dyer
American Psychologist
Don't program yourself to break down as you age with thoughts that decline is inevitable. Time may be passing for our bodies, but because they house our ageless souls, we never need to see ourselves as old and infirm.
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Sam Brownback
American Politician
Every human - especially the most vulnerable, the unborn, the infirm, those ravaged by age and those desperate in despair - should be protected in law, loved, and told repeatedly of their incredible beauty and worth.
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Tom Junod
American Journalist
That there is as yet no drug for immortality - or, for that matter, for muscle growth in the infirm - does not mean that immortality is theoretically or even technically impossible.
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Russell M. Nelson
American Clergyman
Generally, the younger the victim, the greater the grief. Yet even when the elderly or infirm have been afforded merciful relief, their loved ones are rarely ready to let go.
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Paul Hawken
American Environmentalist
The United States prides itself on being the richest country in the world. Yet we can't balance the budget, pay for education, or take care of the aged and infirm.
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George Rogers Clark
American Soldier
The sword is very handsome. I am too old and infirm, as you see, to ever use a sword again, but I am glad that my old mother state has not entirely forgotten me.
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Steven Gundry
American Author
What we know about super old people who are thriving is that they don't become infirm, they don't get cancer, they don't get Alzheimer's.
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Joan Collins
American Actress
You can't help getting older, but you can help yourself from becoming old and infirm, in mind as well as body.
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