ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Soft-minded

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Soft-minded is an adjective meaning Lacking courage and conviction; easily swayed, persuaded, or intimidated.

Meaning

Lacking courage and conviction; easily swayed, persuaded, or intimidated.

More Meanings

  1. Lacking intellectual rigor; Given to sentimentality.

Example Sentences

The soft-minded manager often defers direct action in the hope that the situation will remedy itself.
The liberated educator does not accept soft-minded religiosity because it embraces all kinds of superstitions.
Such unabashed sentiment and soft-minded engagement with the problems and powers of literary art are common enough in every age.

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Related dictionary entries include softminded, weak-minded, weak-willed, soft, weakwilled, sequacious.

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