Usually means: Lacking intelligence, poor decision-making ability.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word imbeciles:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. imbeciles: Merriam-Webster
  2. imbeciles: Collins English Dictionary
  3. imbeciles: Vocabulary.com
  4. Imbeciles, imbecile's, imbeciles: Wordnik
  5. imbeciles: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. imbeciles: Wiktionary
  7. imbeciles: Dictionary.com
  8. imbeciles: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Imbeciles: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. imbeciles: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. imbeciles: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. imbeciles: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. imbeciles: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. imbeciles: Medical dictionary

(Note: See imbecile as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (imbecile)

noun:  (obsolete) A person with limited mental capacity who can perform tasks and think only like a young child, in medical circles meaning a person who lacks the capacity to develop beyond the mental age of a normal five- to seven-year-old child.
noun:  (derogatory) A fool, an idiot.
adjective:  (dated) Destitute of strength, whether of body or mind; feeble; impotent; especially, mentally weak.
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