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lame::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | feeble |
| Derivation | lameness |
a lame argument.
Examples of lame
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Fisher became a lame-duck coach, which is the worst situation a coach can be in.
From the chron.com
With his approval ratings at record lows, has there ever been a lamer lame duck?
From the time.com
For almost a year, I sporadically made these rather lame video blogs in my dorm.
From the forbes.com
England were lame with the ball early on and South Africa reached 124 for three.
From the telegraph.co.uk
When you ask NFL owners and officials about their secrecy, the response is lame.
From the time.com
The WTA's decision to permit coaching on changeovers is a lame, cynical failure.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
Best throw a bone to the environmentalists, though, no matter how small or lame.
From the bloomberg.com
Tancredo, in fact, did not return for the House's lame-duck session in December.
From the denverpost.com
McConnell's support is crucial, because the lame-duck Senate has 49 Republicans.
From the kentucky.com
- Cripple: deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg; "The accident has crippled her for life"
- Feeble: pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness; "a feeble excuse"; "a lame argument"
- Square: someone who doesn't understand what is going on
- A fabric interwoven with threads of metal; "she wore a gold lame dress"
- Crippled: disabled in the feet or legs; "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg"
- (lamely) in a weak and unconvincing manner; "`I don't know, Edward,' she answered lamely"
- LAME is a free software application used to encode/compress audio into the lossy MP3 file format.
- A lame is a solid piece of sheet metal used as a component of a larger section of plate armor. Multiple lames are riveted together or connected by leather straps or cloth lacing to form an articulated piece of armor that provides flexible protection. The armor worn by the samurai class of feudal Japan used lames in the construction of many of their individual armor parts.
- Lamu00E9 is a lunar impact crater located astride the northeast rim of the crater Langrenus, to the east of Mare Fecunditatis. The eastern crater rim appears overlaid by a series of overlapping craters that form an intermittent chain flowing nearly a hundred kilometers to the south...
