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US
/ɪnˈfɝmɪti/
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[ UK /ɪnfˈɜːmɪti/ ]
[ UK /ɪnfˈɜːmɪti/ ]
NOUN
- the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)
How To Use infirmity In A Sentence
- Those evils of Athens then, which were found in very deed somewhat later to be the infirmity of Greece as a whole, when, though its versatile gifts of intellect might constitute it the teacher of its eventual masters, it was found too incoherent politically to hold its own against Rome: -- those evils of Athens, of Greece, came from an exaggerated assertion of the fluxional, flamboyant, centrifugal Ionian element in the Hellenic character. Plato and Platonism
- Shyness hitherto had been no infirmity of this young Canadian; but Bertie somehow had mesmerized her into a state of consciousness -- it was a cobwebby kind of fetter, but the first she had worn. Bluebell A Novel
- I have heard him called inconstant of purpose — when he deserted, for the sake of love, the hope of sovereignty, and when he abdicated the protectorship of England, men blamed his infirmity of purpose. The Last Man
- So that Paul instead of desiring the infirmity to "depart," "rather" henceforth "glories in infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest (Greek, 'tabernacle upon,' cover my infirmity all over as with a tabernacle; compare Greek, Joh 1: 12) upon" him. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
- Although Mr. Lillyworth knew very well that Pink Mulgrum was deaf and dumb, he "jawed" at him as though his hearing was as perfect as his own, doubtless forgetting for the moment his infirmity. On The Blockade
- The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
- Of course, there's no denying the fact that infirmity coupled with sickness will always stalk the retirees and seize every opportunity to pounce on us.
- Home visits are also possible for those people who are unable to access the sessions because of ill-health, infirmity or care commitments.
- Health expenses means expenditure on the diagnosis, prevention or treatment of illness, injury, infirmity or disability.
- O ay, easily to be spoken withal, that is, as easily as his infirmity will permit. The Fortunes of Nigel