Definition of Weak

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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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Weak Quotations

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

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

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

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

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

Strong managers who make tough decisions to cut jobs provide the only true job security in today's world. Weak managers are the problem. Weak managers destroy jobs.
Jack Welch

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

Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak.
John Adams

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary.
Edgar Allan Poe

Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.
Leo Buscaglia

Weak Translations

weak in Afrikaans is swak
weak in Danish is svag
weak in Dutch is zwak, licht
weak in German is energielos, schwach
weak in Latin is consenesco, infirmus, dissolutus
weak in Swedish is svag, vek

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