Ailing
Ailing adjective - Chronically or repeatedly suffering from poor health.
Usage example: when his ailing wife had to go to a nursing home, he visited her every day
Decrepit and ailing are semantically related in feeble topic. In some cases you can use "Decrepit" instead an adjective "Ailing", when it comes to topics like infirm.
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