"weaker" in the adjective sense

1. weak

wanting in physical strength

"a weak pillar"

2. watery, washy, weak

overly diluted thin and insipid

"washy coffee"

"watery milk"

"weak tea"

3. unaccented, light, weak

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"

4. fallible, frail, imperfect, weak

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"

5. weak

tending downward in price

"a weak market for oil stocks"

6. weak

deficient or lacking in some skill

"he's weak in spelling"

7. decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly

lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality

"a feeble old woman"

"her body looked sapless"

8. weak

used of verbs) having standard (or regular) inflection

9. weak

not having authority, political strength, or governing power

"a weak president"

10. faint, weak

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"

11. weak

likely to fail under stress or pressure

"the weak link in the chain"

12. weak

deficient in intelligence or mental power

"a weak mind"

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