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ADJECTIVE weak COMPARATIVE weaker SUPERLATIVE weakest

weak English

Meaning weak meaning

What does weak mean?

Definitions in simple English

weak Adjective

— Weak is used to describe something that does not have a lot of strength. The child was too weak to move the boulder. — Something that is weak does not have a strong taste. This tea tastes weak and watery. Do you have anything stronger?

weak

— adjective wanting in physical strength a weak pillar — adjective (= watery, washy) overly diluted; thin and insipid washy coffee watery milk weak tea — adjective (= light) (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 — adjective (= fallible, frail) 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 — adjective deficient or lacking in some skill he's weak in spelling — adjective tending downward in price a weak market for oil stocks — adjective likely to fail under stress or pressure the weak link in the chain — adjective deficient in intelligence or mental power a weak mind — adjective (used of verbs) having standard (or regular) inflection — adjective not having authority, political strength, or governing power a weak president — adjective (= faint) 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 — adjective (= feeble, sapless) lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality a feeble old woman her body looked sapless

Synonyms weak synonyms

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weak English » English

feeble frail faint soft thin powerless sickly delicate poor tired light infirm fragile exhausted puny watery lean languid weakly washy timid lazy gentle decrepit sick pale flabby dull bad small skinny not strong loose impotent emaciated worn out vulnerable unsteady unstable tender sluggish slow slight slack rickety limp lame helpless flimsy fatigued

Topics weak topics

What do people use weak to talk about?

Person Sense, perceive Hear

Quiet

What words describe a quiet sound?

quiet low soft muffled faint muted weak

Person Sense, perceive

Taste

What words describe something that does not have a strong taste?

mild bland insipid weak

Person Body condition

Weak

What words describe someone who is weak?

weak puny weedy impotent

Person Healthy

Symptom of disease

What words refer to feeling weak?

weak weakened feel tired no energy debilitate enervate

Physical actions Arrange

Join, attach

What words refer to how well things are joined together?

bond coherent fast secure stay strong (joint/bond) weak (joint/bond) stuck

States Quality Light

Dark

What words describe a place where there is little light?

pale dim weak poor bad soft low dull dusky

States Quality Made of, material

Strong, brittle

What words describe something that is easily broken?

brittle weak weakness breakable

States Quality Made of, material

Stiff, flexible

What words describe something that is easy to bend?

flexible flexibility flimsy pliable bendable weak

Person Healthy

Examples weak examples

How do I use weak in a sentence?

Simple sentences

I'd like my coffee weak.

I didn't know he had a weak heart.

Tom said Mary is weak.

His German is still weak but his English is excellent.

Tom is weak in French.

The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

The strong will survive and the weak will die.

The strong must help the weak.

We won hands down, because the other players were weak.

Punish the wicked and save the weak.

Now she lay weak in bed.

The weak boy was eliminated from the bitter contest.

The string is very weak.

The light from the moon is weak.

I feel a little weak today.

My mother was very weak from a long illness.

I have weak sight.

I am weak in math.

The strong should take care of the weak.

I am weak in German.

This is her weak point.

He was quite weak in his childhood.

Some people think I'm weak-willed.

Women are said to be weak at figures.

Every man has his weak side.

Mathematics is her weak point.

Movie subtitles

I wonder if it's bad to be weak.

You are weak.

That's why humans are weak in several aspects.

Cowards! It's with the weak that the mean show his worst side.

She is very weak.

This morning, Ambroise's arm feels weak and has none of the usual skill.

Are your mothers so weak that they cannot send a son. to defend the land which gave them birth?

And then, in the morning, I felt so weak.

He knows that the powers of evil are too great. for those of us with weak minds.

The next morning, I felt very weak, as if all life had been drained out of me.

He knows very well that the power of evil is too great for those of us with weak minds to resist.

Now tell that weak fool to get that scroll, wherever it is, and hand it to his Nubian servant.

She's too weak to be removed, except to a hospital.

I would, but I've got a weak stomach.

You are lacking. You are weak. You are being sluggish.

In addition, several measurements had been done at each position, because the radio emission is weak and the receiver has quite some noise.

Freedom? Or the right for the strong to oppress the weak!

With our bodies weak as this, it would just take one bullet, and we'd be no more.

Despite possessing physical powers far superior to that of common man, you cannot escape the yoke of emotion, your weak point as cyborgs.

You can be weak.

The killer is here. A weak verdict on your part would mean a breach in the ramparts built to protect our society.

Nothing interferes with my weak end.

He knows that the powers of evil are too great for those of us with weak minds.

I can forget this weak body of mine.

It wasn't that the Yoshiokas were weak.

I am too weak to feed him.

Six can very well beat a weak one.

I'm a little weak in the hoses, you know.

I'm a weak man.

A weak knee you turned out to be.

You look plenty weak.

Monsieur La Tour La Tour. I choose to think that idiotic reply was not a weak attempt at humor. But a definite lack of intelligence.

But our hero had just one weak link in his chain.

And when he's with you, your legs are weak as water.

News and current affairs

The first flaw is that the spending reductions are badly timed: coming as they do when the US economy is weak, they risk triggering another recession.

While a weak dollar may be good for exports, a falling dollar will be accompanied by stock market losses and greater declines in confidence.

Lacking such external threats, the ties between, say, Czechs and Slovaks (to say nothing of Serbs and Croats!) are too weak to warrant a common national level of government.

Such weak recoveries, by definition, lack the cushion of V-shaped rebounds.

It was NATO's job to ensure the country's stability and security, and thus NATO's weak General Secretary and the European allies, especially Germany and France, share the responsibility for the worsening situation.

Most of these purchases have been made in Africa, with two-thirds taking place in countries where hunger is widespread and institutions for establishing formal land ownership are often weak.

In response, the World Bank agreed that there are instances of abuse in land acquisition, particularly in developing countries in which governance is weak, and said that it supported more transparent and inclusive participation.

And yet, despite these bright spots, international cooperation on issues ranging from regional conflicts to the protection of global public goods remains weak.

The banks, having been recapitalized only to the extent necessary to keep them afloat, still have weak balance sheets.

Europe's global influence is feeble because of its internal quarrels and lack of unity, which render the European Union weak and limit its ability to act.

Indeed, growth in earnings and profits is now running out of steam, as the effect of weak demand on top-line revenues takes a toll on bottom-line margins and profitability.

That case is strongest if the spending reductions are large and abrupt in a weak economy.

But his administration's actions - including serious blunders in Iran and Afghanistan - made the US appear weak and indecisive.

But we are not careful enough to distinguish situations in which equilibrium-restoring forces are strong from those in which such forces are weak.

The single most important driver of deficit growth is weak tax revenues, owing to poor economic performance; the single best remedy would be to put America back to work.

Moreover, commodity booms frequently produce ugly politics in countries with weak institutions, leading to costly struggles for resource rents, which are rarely invested wisely.

Weak protagonists make poor participants in peace negotiations.

Young people seeking their first jobs and experienced workers who lose jobs in a weak job market suffer economic losses that will last their entire lives.

The weak reed in capitalism is not the labor market, but the financial market.

Efficiency dictates the use of fewer and larger currencies (and foreign investors, understandably wary of weak and volatile currencies, demand it).

America's next president must also improve engagement with citizens, whose widespread disaffection constrains - or allows - US leaders to pursue a weak foreign policy.

Weak governments can be made stronger; governments that tolerate or support terrorism must be held accountable.

The UN has been useful as a forum for adopting standards, but its machinery for seeking compliance with those standards is weak and has been badly compromised over the years by its failure to address grotesque abuses.

And, unlike most countries, especially in Latin America and Asia, the US system ruthlessly prunes weak corporate leadership.

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