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ALL meanings of weak

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  • adjective weak unable to exert force 1
  • adjective weak lacking health 1
  • adjective weak lacking moral force, cowardly 1
  • adjective weak low, showing low prices 1
  • adjective weak unable to resist force 1
  • adjective weak lacking mental force 1
  • adjective weak unconvincing 1
  • adjective weak lacking intensity 1
  • adjective weak diluted, watery 1
  • adjective weak phonetics: unstressed 1
  • adjective weak linguistics: verbs 1
  • adjective weak linguistics: nouns 1
  • noun weak Lacking the power to perform physically demanding tasks; lacking physical strength and energy. 1
  • adjective weak not strong; liable to yield, break, or collapse under pressure or strain; fragile; frail: a weak fortress; a weak spot in armor. 1
  • adjective weak lacking in bodily strength or healthy vigor, as from age or sickness; feeble; infirm: a weak old man; weak eyes. 1
  • adjective weak not having much political strength, governing power, or authority: a weak nation; a weak ruler. 1
  • adjective weak lacking in force, potency, or efficacy; impotent, ineffectual, or inadequate: weak sunlight; a weak wind. 1
  • adjective weak lacking in rhetorical or creative force or effectiveness: a weak reply to the charges; one of the author's weakest novels. 1
  • adjective weak lacking in logical or legal force or soundness: a weak argument. 1
  • adjective weak deficient in mental power, intelligence, or judgment: a weak mind. 1
  • adjective weak not having much moral strength or firmness, resolution, or force of character: to prove weak under temptation; weak compliance. 1
  • adjective weak deficient in amount, volume, loudness, intensity, etc.; faint; slight: a weak current of electricity; a weak pulse. 1
  • adjective weak deficient, lacking, or poor in something specified: a hand weak in trumps; I'm weak in spelling. 1
  • adjective weak deficient in the essential or usual properties or ingredients: weak tea. 1
  • adjective weak unstressed, as a syllable, vowel, or word. 1
  • adjective weak (of Germanic verbs) inflected with suffixes, without inherited change of the root vowel, as English work, worked, or having a preterit ending in a dental, as English bring, brought. 1
  • adjective weak (of Germanic nouns and adjectives) inflected with endings originally appropriate to stems terminating in -n, as the adjective alte in German der alte Mann (“the old man”). 1
  • adjective weak (of wheat or flour) having a low gluten content or having a poor quality of gluten. 1
  • adjective weak Photography. thin; not dense. 1
  • adjective weak Commerce. characterized by a decline in prices: The market was weak in the morning but rallied in the afternoon. 1
  • adjective weak If someone is weak, they are not healthy or do not have good muscles, so that they cannot move quickly or carry heavy things. 0
  • adjective weak If someone has an organ or sense that is weak, it is not very effective or powerful, or is likely to fail. 0
  • adjective weak If you describe someone as weak, you mean that they are not very confident or determined, so that they are often frightened or worried, or easily influenced by other people. 0
  • adjective weak If you describe someone's voice or smile as weak, you mean that it not very loud or big, suggesting that the person lacks confidence, enthusiasm, or physical strength. 0
  • adjective weak If an object or surface is weak, it breaks easily and cannot support a lot of weight or resist a lot of strain. 0
  • adverb weak A weak physical force does not have much power or intensity. 0
  • adjective weak If individuals or groups are weak, they do not have any power or influence. 0
  • adjective weak The weak are people who are weak. 0
  • adjective weak A weak government or leader does not have much control, and is not prepared or able to act firmly or severely. 0
  • adjective weak If you describe something such a country's currency, economy, industry, or government as weak, you mean that it is not successful, and may be likely to fail or collapse. 0
  • adjective weak If something such as an argument or case is weak, it is not convincing or there is little evidence to support it. 0
  • adjective weak A weak drink, chemical, or drug contains very little of a particular substance, for example because a lot of water has been added to it. 0
  • adjective weak Your weak points are the qualities or talents you do not possess, or the things you are not very good at. 0
  • graded adjective weak You can say that someone has a weak chin to indicate that their chin is not large, especially when you want to suggest that they do not have a strong character. 0
  • adjective weak lacking in physical or mental strength or force; frail or feeble 0
  • adjective weak liable to yield, break, or give way 0
  • adjective weak lacking in resolution or firmness of character 0
  • adjective weak lacking strength, power, or intensity 0
  • adjective weak lacking strength in a particular part 0
  • adjective weak not functioning as well as normal 0
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