Translations for feeble-minded in the English»Spanish Dictionary

feebleminded [Am ˌfibəlˈmaɪndəd, Brit] ADJ

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1. feebleminded (foolish):

feebleminded

feebleminded

2. feebleminded (mentally deficient):

feebleminded dated or offens

Translations for feeble-minded in the English»Spanish Dictionary

feeble-minded [ˌfi:blˈmaɪndɪd] ADJ

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feeble-minded

lelo, -a

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The unfit included the inferior, the depraved, and the feeble-minded. en.wikipedia.org

The sterilization law was only for the feeble-minded at certain state institutions and made no mention of other state institutions or those who were not in an institution. en.wikipedia.org

The program found an estimated 80% of the population of immigrants studied were feeble-minded. en.wikipedia.org

This commission discovered 1,146 feeble-minded persons in insane hospitals and 2,627 in almshouses, county-care hospitals, reformatories, and prisons and were in immediate need of specialized institutional care. en.wikipedia.org

He vigorously defended the higher education of women and denied that it made them more liable to produce feeble-minded offspring. en.wikipedia.org

Prevailing notions held women to be too feeble-minded to succeed in the demanding arena of academic medicine and too delicate to endure the physical requirements of clinical practice. en.wikipedia.org

No person was reported as feeble-minded until a detailed individual psychological examination had been made. en.wikipedia.org

I have it in commission, to comfort the feeble-minded, and to support the weak. en.wikipedia.org

Stat. 9-1706a and compared it with the procedures for committing persons who are feeble-minded, and are therefore unable properly to care for themselves and those for the mentally ill. en.wikipedia.org

A person committed as feeble-minded may be released at any time his condition warrants it in the judgment of the superintendent of the institution. en.wikipedia.org

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