the infirm
noun
: people who are weak, ill, etc. : infirm people
providing care for the elderly and the infirm
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In the dark, subterranean dank were the infirm, isolated, and confused.
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Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 16 Aug. 2024
Raising productivity in caring for the young, the infirm, the helpless, and the elderly is hard, if not impossible.
—Martin Wolf, Foreign Affairs, 1 July 2015
In addition to her regular work, Ms. Lewis cared for the infirm and elderly and babysat.
—Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 25 July 2024
Infants, the elderly and the infirm are particularly vulnerable.
—Hajar Harb, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2024
The rural community Mahito is brought to a year later is made up mostly of the old, the infirm, and children, held together by weary volunteer labor.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2023
Fifteen cities in Italy, most of them in the country’s center and south, were under heat advisories signaling a high level of risk for older adults, the infirm, infants and other vulnerable people.
—NBC News, 15 July 2023
The reporting found some franchisees used deception and targeted the elderly, the infirm and people close to poverty.
—Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, 30 June 2023
However, the issuing of draft papers to students, the infirm, and people with little combat experience, Lord adds, was likely a direct result of Kremlin quotas that local commissars were scrambling to fulfill.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 27 Sep. 2022
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Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 16 Aug. 2024
Raising productivity in caring for the young, the infirm, the helpless, and the elderly is hard, if not impossible.
—Martin Wolf, Foreign Affairs, 1 July 2015
In addition to her regular work, Ms. Lewis cared for the infirm and elderly and babysat.
—Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 25 July 2024
Infants, the elderly and the infirm are particularly vulnerable.
—Hajar Harb, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2024
The rural community Mahito is brought to a year later is made up mostly of the old, the infirm, and children, held together by weary volunteer labor.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2023
Fifteen cities in Italy, most of them in the country’s center and south, were under heat advisories signaling a high level of risk for older adults, the infirm, infants and other vulnerable people.
—NBC News, 15 July 2023
The reporting found some franchisees used deception and targeted the elderly, the infirm and people close to poverty.
—Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, 30 June 2023
However, the issuing of draft papers to students, the infirm, and people with little combat experience, Lord adds, was likely a direct result of Kremlin quotas that local commissars were scrambling to fulfill.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 27 Sep. 2022
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“The infirm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20infirm. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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