infirmadjective
uk/ɪnˈfɜːm/us/ɪnˈfɝːm/formalill or needing care, especially for long periods and often because of old age:
She was too elderly and infirm to remain at home.
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Not fit & healthy
- bedridden
- critical list
- crook
- danger list
- dehydrated
- emaciated
- far gone
- frailty
- groggy
- ill
- infirmity
- insufficiency
- knock
- not agree with sb idiom
- off-colour
- organic
- relapse
- shadow
- starved
- unhealthy
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Describing people who are old
infirmnoun [ plural ]
uk/ɪnˈfɜːm/us/ɪnˈfɝːm/formalthe infirm
people who are ill for long periods:
The old and the infirm are the most susceptible to this disease.