{
    "term": "feeble",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "very weak",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He looked feeble and confused."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was pale and had a feeble pulse."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The patient appears feeble and emaciated."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "not effective; not showing energy or effort",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a feeble argument/excuse/joke"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She made a feeble attempt to explain what had happened."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Don't be so feeble! Tell her you don't want to go."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He told a few feeble jokes."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfiːbl/",
                "audio": "fe/feeble/feeble__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfiːblə(r)/",
                "audio": "fe/feeble/feebler__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfiːblɪst/",
                "audio": "fe/feeble/feeblest__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfiːbl/",
                "audio": "fe/feeble/feeble__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfiːblər/",
                "audio": "fe/feeble/feebler__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfiːblɪst/",
                "audio": "fe/feeble/feeblest__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French fieble, earlier fleible, from Latin flebilis ‘lamentable’, from flere ‘weep’."
}