weak
Adjective
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Wanting in physical strength (synset 302332106)
"a weak pillar"also:
- delicate - exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury
- powerless - lacking power
- tender, untoughened - physically untoughened
attribute: strength - the property of being physically or mentally strongsimilar:- anaemic, anemic - lacking vigor or energy
- adynamic, asthenic, debilitated, enervated - lacking energy or vitality
- faint, feeble - lacking strength or vigor
- feeble, lame - pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness
- flimsy, insubstantial - lacking solidity or strength
- jerry-built - badly or hastily built
- gutless, namby-pamby, spineless, wishy-washy - weak in willpower, courage or vitality
- pale, pallid, sick, wan - (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble
- puny - inferior in strength or significance
- vulnerable - capable of being wounded or hurt
- weakened - made weak or weaker
- limp, wilted - without energy or will
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Overly diluted;
Thin and insipid (synset 300759980)"washy coffee"; "watery milk"; "weak tea" -
(used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress (synset 302328120)
"a syllable that ends in a short vowel is a light syllable"; "a weak stress on the second syllable"similar: unstressed - not bearing a stress or accentsynonym: 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 (synset 301262463)"I'm only a fallible human"; "frail humanity"similar: human - having human form or attributes as opposed to those of animals or divine beings -
Tending downward in price (synset 302503252)
"a weak market for oil stocks"similar: down - being or moving lower in position or less in some value
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Deficient or lacking in some skill (synset 302238216)
"he's weak in spelling"similar: unskilled - not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency
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Lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality (synset 302047640)
"a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless"similar: frail - physically weak
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(used of verbs) having standard (or regular) inflection (synset 301967242)
domain category: grammar - the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)similar: regular - in accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle
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Not having authority, political strength, or governing power (synset 301833960)
"a weak president"similar: powerless - lacking power
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Deficient in magnitude;
Barely perceptible;
Lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc (synset 301751837)"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"similar: perceptible - capable of being perceived by the mind or sensessynonym: faint -
Likely to fail under stress or pressure (synset 300967957)
"the weak link in the chain"similar: fallible - likely to fail or make errors
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Deficient in intelligence or mental power (synset 300443540)
"a weak mind"similar: stupid - lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity
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