infirmity

a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.

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infirmity (ɪnˈfɜːmɪtɪ)

—n , pl -ties
1.	the state or quality of being infirm
2.	physical weakness or debility; frailty
3.	a moral flaw or failing

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infirmity in·fir·mi·ty (ĭn-fûr'mĭ-tē)
n.

A bodily ailment or weakness, especially one brought on by old age.
A condition or disease producing weakness.
A failing or defect in a person's character.

Example sentences

Absent some physical or mental infirmity, this is unacceptable.

For them, it was as if every crime were committed in a state of mental infirmity.

Government itself is but a recognition of human infirmity.

These aren't necessarily euphemisms for age and infirmity.

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