weak
week
- a wanting in physical strength
a weak pillar - s overly diluted; thin and insipid
weak tea - s (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress
a weak stress on the second syllable - s wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings
- s tending downward in price
a weak market for oil stocks - s deficient or lacking in some skill
he's weak in spelling - s lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
- s (used of verbs) having standard (or regular) inflection
- s not having authority, political strength, or governing power
a weak president - s deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
weak colors
a weak pulse - s likely to fail under stress or pressure
the weak link in the chain - s deficient in intelligence or mental power
a weak mind
- Sure, it's smart to help weak nations.
- After doing some mind-blowing math, she thinks the warped geometry of space-time could mean gravity is weak here and strong elsewhere.
- But the very reason that Waxman and Markey made it through the energy committee could be that, in the end, it will be too weak to make much difference.