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Definition of feeble:

Deficient in physical strength; weak; infirm; debilitated.
To make feble; to enfeeble.
Wanting force, vigor, or efficiency in action or expression; not full, loud, bright, strong, rapid, etc.; faint; as, a feeble color; feeble motion.

Synonyms:

halt, indistinct, timid, faint-hearted, ineffective, woebegone, washy, worn, rachitic, crippled, lightheaded, faltering, insubstantial, dim, light-headed, cool, vague, wispy, insufficient, shaky, purposeless, faint, coolheaded, gimpy, weak, languid, imperfect, unsubstantial, worn down, flea-bitten, strong, fallible, unaccented, halting, weakly, infirm, sapless, derelict, faded, fainthearted, delicate, wonky, decrepit, watery, nerveless, debile, powerless, puny, tenuous, wobbly, irresolute, ill-defined, wearied, swooning, unsound, creaky, lame, half-hearted, frail, shadowy, light, ineffectual, game.

feeble (part of speech: adjective)
- doddering,
- debilitated,
- frail,
- flimsy,
- powerless,
- infirm,
- soft,
- rickety,
- decrepit,
- faint,
- run-down,
- weak,
- ailing,
- fragile,
- sickly
weak (part of speech: adjective)
- frail,
- impotent,
- debilitated,
- anemic,
- infirm,
- weak,
- powerless
weary (part of speech: adjective)
- faint,
- tired,
- limp,
- apathetic,
- drowsy,
- over-weary,
- debilitated,
- footsore,
- exhausted,
- listless,
- trying,
- flaccid,
- wasted,
- toilsome,
- bored,
- run-down,
- fatigued,
- sleepy,
- blue,
- weary,
- weak,
- uphill,
- worn-out,
- frazzled,
- depressed,
- cheerless,
- droopy,
- wayworn
impotent (part of speech: adjective)
- inadequate,
- incapable,
- impotent,
- disabled,
- incompetent,
- weak,
- powerless

Usage examples:

Pennyloaf had now but one child to look after, a girl of two years, a feeble thing.

- "The Nether World", George Gissing.
Moreover, they were uncertain, and, as I thought, feeble.

- "The Coming of the King", James Hocking.
As she took it with feeble hand, she asked:- " Lil', can you pray?"

- "Children of the Tenements", Jacob A. Riis.