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Seemingly vigorous, but really weak or insipid.

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  1. a. Seemingly vigorous, but really weak or insipid.
  2. Seemingly vigorous, but really weak or insipid. He [Prof. Ayton] would purge his book of much offensive matter, if he struck out epithets which are in the bad taste of the forcible-feeble school. N. Brit. Review.
  3. Seemingly vigorous, but really weak or insipid.He [Prof. Ayton] would purge his book of much offensive matter, if hestruck out epithets which are in the bad taste of the forcible-feebleschool. N. Brit. Review.
  4. a. Seemingly vigorous, but really weak or insipid.