Feeble vs Traditional - What's the difference?
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Deficient in physical strength; weak; infirm; debilitated.
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, title=2011 Rugby World Cup final: New Zealand 8-7 France
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Lacking force, vigor, or efficiency in action or expression; faint.
(obsolete) To make feeble; to enfeeble.
Of or pertaining to tradition; derived from tradition; communicated from ancestors to descendants by word only; transmitted from age to age without writing; as, traditional opinions; traditional customs; traditional expositions of the Scriptures.
Observant of tradition; attached to old customs; old-fashioned.
In lieu of the name of the composer of a piece of music, whose real name is lost in the mists of time.
Feeble is a related term of traditional.
As adjectives the difference between feeble and traditional
is that feeble is deficient in physical strength; weak; infirm; debilitated while traditional is of or pertaining to tradition; derived from tradition; communicated from ancestors to descendants by word only; transmitted from age to age without writing; as, traditional opinions; traditional customs; traditional expositions of the scriptures.As a verb feeble
is (obsolete) to make feeble; to enfeeble.feeble
English
Adjective
(er)- Though she appeared old and feeble , she could still throw a ball.
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- That was a feeble excuse for an example.
Synonyms
* (physically weak) weak, infirm, debilitated * faintDerived terms
* enfeeble * feebleness * feeble-minded * feeblyVerb
(feebl)References
* *traditional
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I think her traditional values are antiquated .