desperate vs subnormal

desperate

noun
  • A person in desperate circumstances or who is at the point of desperation, such as a down-and-outer, addict, etc. 

adj
  • Extremely bad; outrageous, shocking; intolerable. 

  • In dire need (of something); having a dire need or desire. 

  • Intense; extremely intense. 

  • Being filled with, or in a state of, despair; hopeless. 

  • Beyond hope, leaving little reason for hope; causing despair; extremely perilous. 

  • Involving or employing extreme measures, without regard to danger or safety; reckless due to hopelessness. 

subnormal

noun
  • A person whose abilities are less than normal. 

  • That part of the axis of a curved line which is intercepted between the ordinate and the normal. 

adj
  • denormal 

  • Less than normal. 

How often have the words desperate and subnormal occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )