weak | English to English Dictionary

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weak

(w/i/k )

wanting in physical strength(adj.all)

Example:
A weak pillar.

Antonym:
strong

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Wanting physical strength.(adjective)

source: webster1913
Tending toward a lower price or lower prices; as, wheat is weak; a weak market.(adjective)

source: webster1913

overly diluted; thin and insipid(adj.all)

Example:
Weak tea.

Synonym:
washy, watery

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(used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress(adj.all)

Example:
A weak stress on the second syllable.

Synonym:
light, unaccented

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wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings(adj.all)

Synonym:
fallible, frail, imperfect

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tending downward in price(adj.all)

Example:
A weak market for oil stocks.

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deficient or lacking in some skill(adj.all)

Example:
He's weak in spelling.

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lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality(adj.all)

Synonym:
debile, decrepit, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weakly

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(used of verbs) having standard (or regular) inflection(adj.all)

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not having authority, political strength, or governing power(adj.all)

Example:
A weak president.

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deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc(adj.all)

Example:
Weak colors.
A weak pulse.

Synonym:
faint

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likely to fail under stress or pressure(adj.all)

Example:
The weak link in the chain.

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deficient in intelligence or mental power(adj.all)

Example:
A weak mind.

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