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infirm

(Irresolute), adjective changeable, easily led, faint-hearted, faltering, fickle, inconstant, indecisive, pliable, precarious, undecided, undetermined, unresolved, unstable, unsteady, untrustworthy, vacillating, wavering

infirm

(Weak), adjective ailing, debilitated, defective, deteriorated, enfeebled, failing, feeble, flimsy, fragile, frail, frangible, helpless, imperfect, impotent, insecure, languid, nonsubstantial, powerless, sickly, wasted, weakened, withered, worn

INFIRM. Weak, feeble.
2. When a witness is infirm to an extent likely to destroy his life, or to prevent his attendance at the trial, his testimony de bene esge may be taken at any age. 1 P. Will. 117; see Aged witness.; Going witness.

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Couched within the laudable desire to take care of campers, we at camp neglected to realize that practices of the infirmary were the very antithesis of what camp was all about.

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Under the terms of the agreement Tokairo will supply its TokOpen document management system which will enable Bristol Royal Infirmary to process up to 25,000 documents each day.