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Wanting physical strength. |
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Deficient in strength of body; feeble; infirm; sickly;
debilitated; enfeebled; exhausted. |
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Not able to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain;
as, a weak timber; a weak rope. |
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Not firmly united or adhesive; easily broken or separated
into pieces; not compact; as, a weak ship. |
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Not stiff; pliant; frail; soft; as, the weak stalk of a
plant. |
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Not able to resist external force or onset; easily subdued
or overcome; as, a weak barrier; as, a weak fortress. |
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Lacking force of utterance or sound; not sonorous; low;
small; feeble; faint. |
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Not thoroughly or abundantly impregnated with the usual or
required ingredients, or with stimulating and nourishing substances; of
less than the usual strength; as, weak tea, broth, or liquor; a weak
decoction or solution; a weak dose of medicine. |
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Lacking ability for an appropriate function or office; as,
weak eyes; a weak stomach; a weak magistrate; a weak regiment, or army. |
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Not possessing or manifesting intellectual, logical,
moral, or political strength, vigor, etc. |
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Feeble of mind; wanting discernment; lacking vigor;
spiritless; as, a weak king or magistrate. |
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Resulting from, or indicating, lack of judgment,
discernment, or firmness; unwise; hence, foolish. |
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Not having full confidence or conviction; not decided or
confirmed; vacillating; wavering. |
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Not able to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion,
etc.; easily impressed, moved, or overcome; accessible; vulnerable; as,
weak resolutions; weak virtue. |
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Wanting in power to influence or bind; as, weak ties; a
weak sense of honor of duty. |
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Not having power to convince; not supported by force of
reason or truth; unsustained; as, a weak argument or case. |
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Wanting in point or vigor of expression; as, a weak
sentence; a weak style. |
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Not prevalent or effective, or not felt to be prevalent;
not potent; feeble. |
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Lacking in elements of political strength; not wielding or
having authority or energy; deficient in the resources that are
essential to a ruler or nation; as, a weak monarch; a weak government
or state. |
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Tending towards lower prices; as, a weak market. |
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Pertaining to, or designating, a verb which forms its
preterit (imperfect) and past participle by adding to the present the
suffix -ed, -d, or the variant form -t; as in the verbs abash, abashed;
abate, abated; deny, denied; feel, felt. See Strong, 19 (a). |
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Pertaining to, or designating, a noun in Anglo-Saxon,
etc., the stem of which ends in -n. See Strong, 19 (b). |
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To make or become weak; to weaken. |