enfeeble
verb
en·fee·ble
in-ˈfē-bəl 
en-
enfeebled; enfeebling
in-ˈfē-b(ə-)liŋ
en-
: to make feeble : deprive of strength
Synonyms
Examples of enfeeble in a Sentence
long periods of being confined to a hospital bed will enfeeble anyone
Recent Examples on the Web
To gain the gavel, McCarthy had to make a series of humiliating, enfeebling concessions to his far-right flank that more or less disempowered him.
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Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 28 Apr. 2023
Decades of mass incarceration have resulted in a prison population growing older and more enfeebled, and has introduced the challenge of reintegrating people coming out after long sentences, often with few skills, into a society that technology has made alienatingly unfamiliar.
—Ginia Bellafante, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2023
Yet an honest accounting forced me to admit that my ability to party, protest, and publish has been far more enfeebled than enabled by social media.
—Peter Rubin, Longreads, 7 Mar. 2023
Most of the time, the result will enfeeble the virus.
—Boyce Upholt, The New Republic, 19 Sep. 2022
The paradox is that trauma’s lingering impacts can enfeeble human connection, weakening even the strongest of social bonds.
—New York Times, 5 July 2022
How, in other words, fear and neglect, rather than the waywardness Vogel rails against, are what really enfeeble the mind.
—Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2022
The goal is to blunt criticism and enfeeble the opposition.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2021
The move may, in effect, enfeeble America's technology sector and, worse yet, leave the root problem—investigating terrorism, child predation, and criminality—unresolved as wrongdoers flock to alternative products.
—Robert Hackett, Fortune, 29 June 2020
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Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 28 Apr. 2023
Decades of mass incarceration have resulted in a prison population growing older and more enfeebled, and has introduced the challenge of reintegrating people coming out after long sentences, often with few skills, into a society that technology has made alienatingly unfamiliar.
—Ginia Bellafante, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2023
Yet an honest accounting forced me to admit that my ability to party, protest, and publish has been far more enfeebled than enabled by social media.
—Peter Rubin, Longreads, 7 Mar. 2023
Most of the time, the result will enfeeble the virus.
—Boyce Upholt, The New Republic, 19 Sep. 2022
The paradox is that trauma’s lingering impacts can enfeeble human connection, weakening even the strongest of social bonds.
—New York Times, 5 July 2022
How, in other words, fear and neglect, rather than the waywardness Vogel rails against, are what really enfeeble the mind.
—Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2022
The goal is to blunt criticism and enfeeble the opposition.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2021
The move may, in effect, enfeeble America's technology sector and, worse yet, leave the root problem—investigating terrorism, child predation, and criminality—unresolved as wrongdoers flock to alternative products.
—Robert Hackett, Fortune, 29 June 2020
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“Enfeeble.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enfeeble. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.
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