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List of meaning for weak

not strong; lacking power or might

weak(adj)

wanting in physical strength

"a weak pillar"

watery, washy, weak(adj)

overly diluted; thin and insipid

"washy coffee"; "watery milk"; "weak tea"

unaccented, light, weak(adj)

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

"a syllable that ends in a short vowel is a light syllable"; "a weak stress on the second syllable"

fallible, frail, imperfect, weak(adj)

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

"I'm only a fallible human"; "frail humanity"

weak(adj)

tending downward in price

"a weak market for oil stocks"

weak(adj)

deficient or lacking in some skill

"he's weak in spelling"

decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly(adj)

lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality

"a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless"

weak(adj)

(used of verbs) having standard (or regular) inflection

weak(adj)

not having authority, political strength, or governing power

"a weak president"

faint, weak(adj)

deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc

"a faint outline"; "the wan sun cast faint shadows"; "the faint light of a distant candle"; "weak colors"; "a faint hissing sound"; "a faint aroma"; "a weak pulse"

weak(adj)

likely to fail under stress or pressure

"the weak link in the chain"

weak(adj)

deficient in intelligence or mental power

"a weak mind"

lacking bodily strength

the little boy was simply too weak to lift the box

lacking strength of will or character

I was too weak to resist the free doughnuts in the office break room

not containing very much of some important element

the coffee came out too weak because I didn't use enough ground beans

not using or following good reasoning

your argument is weak

unable to act or achieve one's purpose

the vice president is a relatively weak official

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