Usually means: Least perceptible or barely noticeable.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. faintest: Merriam-Webster
  2. faintest: Collins English Dictionary
  3. faintest: Vocabulary.com
  4. faintest: Wordnik
  5. faintest: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. faintest: Wiktionary
  7. Faintest, faintest: Dictionary.com
  8. faintest: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. faintest: FreeDictionary.org
  10. faintest: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. faintest: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. faintest: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. faintest: Encyclopedia

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

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  1. faintest: Idioms

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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  (of a being) Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to lose consciousness
adjective:  Lacking courage, spirit, or energy; cowardly; dejected
adjective:  Barely perceptible; not bright, or loud, or sharp
adjective:  Performed, done, or acted, weakly; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy
adjective:  Slight; minimal.
adjective:  (archaic) Sickly, so as to make a person feel faint.
noun:  The act of fainting, syncope.
noun:  (rare) The state of one who has fainted; a swoon.
verb:  (intransitive) To lose consciousness through a lack of oxygen or nutrients to the brain, usually as a result of suddenly reduced blood flow (may be caused by emotional trauma, loss of blood or various medical conditions).
verb:  (intransitive) To lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.
verb:  (intransitive) To decay; to disappear; to vanish.
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