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adjective
- 1. unable to make intelligent decisions or judgements; foolish or stupid.
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Term once used in psychiatry to describe people with intellectual disabilities
The term feeble-minded was used from the late 19th century in Europe, the United States and Australasia for disorders later referred to as illnesses or deficiencies of the mind. At the time, mental deficiency encompassed all degrees of educational and social deficiency. Wikipedia