Definition of Weak

Weak

Tending toward a lower price or lower prices; as, wheat is weak; a weak market.

Lacking in good cards; deficient as to number or strength; as, a hand weak in trumps.

Lacking contrast; as, a weak negative.

Wanting physical strength.

Deficient in strength of body; feeble; infirm; sickly; debilitated; enfeebled; exhausted.

Not able to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain; as, a weak timber; a weak rope.

Not firmly united or adhesive; easily broken or separated into pieces; not compact; as, a weak ship.

Not stiff; pliant; frail; soft; as, the weak stalk of a plant.

Not able to resist external force or onset; easily subdued or overcome; as, a weak barrier; as, a weak fortress.

Lacking force of utterance or sound; not sonorous; low; small; feeble; faint.

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.

Lacking ability for an appropriate function or office; as, weak eyes; a weak stomach; a weak magistrate; a weak regiment, or army.

Not possessing or manifesting intellectual, logical, moral, or political strength, vigor, etc.

Feeble of mind; wanting discernment; lacking vigor; spiritless; as, a weak king or magistrate.

Resulting from, or indicating, lack of judgment, discernment, or firmness; unwise; hence, foolish.

Not having full confidence or conviction; not decided or confirmed; vacillating; wavering.

Not able to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion, etc.; easily impressed, moved, or overcome; accessible; vulnerable; as, weak resolutions; weak virtue.

Wanting in power to influence or bind; as, weak ties; a weak sense of honor of duty.

Not having power to convince; not supported by force of reason or truth; unsustained; as, a weak argument or case.

Wanting in point or vigor of expression; as, a weak sentence; a weak style.

Not prevalent or effective, or not felt to be prevalent; not potent; feeble.

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.

Tending towards lower prices; as, a weak market.

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).

Pertaining to, or designating, a noun in Anglo-Saxon, etc., the stem of which ends in -n. See Strong, 19 (b).

To make or become weak; to weaken.

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The world knows that America will never start a war. This generation of Americans has had enough of war and hate... we want to build a world of peace where the weak are secure and the strong are just.
John F. Kennedy

A weak man is just by accident. A strong but non-violent man is unjust by accident.
Mahatma Gandhi

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
Mahatma Gandhi

How can any man be weak who dares to be at all?
Henry David Thoreau

In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it.
Lao Tzu

Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.
George Washington

Whores don't live in company of poor men, citizens never support a weak company and birds don't build nests on a tree that doesn't bear fruits.
Chanakya

Never think there is anything impossible for the soul. It is the greatest heresy to think so. If there is sin, this is the only sin; to say that you are weak, or others are weak.
Swami Vivekananda

The Vedanta recognizes no sin it only recognizes error. And the greatest error, says the Vedanta is to say that you are weak, that you are a sinner, a miserable creature, and that you have no power and you cannot do this and that.
Swami Vivekananda

Wearing a turtleneck is like being strangled by a really weak guy, all day. Wearing a backpack and a turtleneck is like a weak midget trying to bring you down.
Mitch Hedberg