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I . in·firm [ɪnˈfɜ:m, Am -ˈfɜ:rm] ADJ

2. infirm form (weak):

infirm
schwach
to be of infirm mind
geistig nicht im Vollbesitz seiner Kräfte sein

II . in·firm [ɪnˈfɜ:m, Am -ˈfɜ:rm] N

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

the mentally infirm
die Geistesschwachen
old and infirm
alt und gebrechlich
to be of infirm mind
geistig nicht im Vollbesitz seiner Kräfte sein

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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It later became a place of refuge for the sick and infirm.
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He was infirm and died at a very young age.
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When brown bears attack these large animals, they usually target young or infirm ones, as they are easier to catch.
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De visitatione infirmorum (on the visitation of the infirm): 19.
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They included the ill, the infirm, the elderly, and children with no one to properly care for them.
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Even when quite infirm in his old age he would accompany on the organ with great sensitivity and alertness.
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By war's end he was in the reserves with the young, the old and the infirm.
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To pick out young or infirm individuals, bears will charge at herds so the slower-moving and more vulnerable individuals will be made apparent.
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Old and infirm in the 2050s, she was one of the pioneers of time travel in the early 21st century.
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He continued there until 1866, his duties then being relaxed owing to his infirm health.
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