weak

/wi:k/
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weak

The weak student struggled to lift the heavy textbook.

Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • Lacking physical strength or force: Not strong; easily broken, damaged, or defeated.
    • Lacking power, influence, or authority: Not having much political strength, governing power, or persuasive force.
    • Not good at something; deficient in a skill or area: Lacking ability or proficiency in a particular subject or activity.
    • Not convincing or forceful: Lacking logical strength, persuasive power, or clear evidence.
    • Diluted; lacking intensity: Having little flavor, color, sound, or strength due to being mixed with too much of something else (e.g., water).
    • Likely to fail: Being the point most likely to break or cause failure in a system or chain.
    • (Of a grammatical inflection) following the regular pattern: In grammar, describing verbs that form their past tense and past participle by adding "-ed" or "-d".
Usage Examples
  • Physical Strength:
    • After his illness, his legs felt very weak.
    • The bridge was closed because its supports were weak.
  • Power/Authority:
    • The country has a weak central government.
    • His argument was weak and failed to convince anyone.
  • Skill Deficiency:
    • She is weak in mathematics but excels in languages.
    • The team's weak defense cost them the game.
  • Lacking Intensity:
    • I prefer weak tea with lots of milk.
    • The patient had a weak pulse.
  • Point of Failure:
    • The goalkeeper is the weak link in their soccer team.
  • Grammar:
    • In English, "walk" is a weak verb; its past tense is "walked".
Advanced Usage
  • "The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak": An idiom meaning one's intentions are good, but one lacks the physical ability or willpower to carry them out.
    • I wanted to finish the report, but the spirit is willing, the flesh is weak, and I fell asleep.
  • "A weak moment": A short period when one's resolve is not strong, often leading to a poor decision.
    • In a weak moment, I agreed to lend him more money.
Variants and Related Words
  • Weaken (verb): To make or become weak or weaker.
    • The storm weakened the structure of the house.
  • Weakness (noun):
    • The state or condition of being weak.
      • Muscle weakness is a common symptom.
    • A particular failing or flaw in character.
      • His biggest weakness is his pride.
    • A special fondness for something.
      • I have a weakness for chocolate cake.
  • Weakly (adverb): In a weak manner.
    • He smiled weakly from his hospital bed.
Synonyms
  • Feeble: Lacking strength, often pitifully so.
  • Frail: Delicate and easily broken, often referring to health or structure.
  • Faint: Barely perceptible (e.g., sound, light, hope).
  • Powerless: Lacking power or authority.
  • Diluted: Made thinner or weaker by adding another substance.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Weak at/in (something): To be deficient in a particular skill or subject area.
    • He is weak at spelling.
    • She is weak in her understanding of physics.
Related Idioms
  • Weak-kneed: Lacking courage or determination; easily frightened.
    • Don't be weak-kneed; stand up for what you believe in.
  • (As) weak as water: Extremely weak in character or physical strength.
    • His argument was as weak as water and didn't convince anyone.
weak

The weak student struggled to lift the heavy textbook.

Adjective
  1. deficient in intelligence or mental power
    • a weak mind
  2. likely to fail under stress or pressure
    • the weak link in the chain
  3. 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
  4. not having authority, political strength, or governing power
    • a weak president
  5. (used of verbs) having standard (or regular) inflection
  6. lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
    • a feeble old woman
    • her body looked sapless
  7. deficient or lacking in some skill
    • he's weak in spelling
  8. tending downward in price
    • a weak market for oil stocks
  9. 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
  10. (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
  11. overly diluted; thin and insipid
    • washy coffee
    • watery milk
    • weak tea
  12. wanting in physical strength
    • a weak pillar

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