weak moment
noun
: a brief time when a person exercises bad judgment
In a weak moment I told them my secret.
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Michael Shanks wrote and directed the movie about a long-term couple who, while their relationship is in a weak moment, decides to move to the countryside, which triggers a supernatural incident.
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Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Jan. 2025
Meta rolled out Threads as a barebones app — missing popular features such as direct messages and a robust search function — to take advantage of a weak moment at rival Twitter.
—Clare Duffy, CNN, 25 July 2023
The platform also arrives at a particularly weak moment for Twitter.
—WIRED, 6 July 2023
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Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Jan. 2025
Meta rolled out Threads as a barebones app — missing popular features such as direct messages and a robust search function — to take advantage of a weak moment at rival Twitter.
—Clare Duffy, CNN, 25 July 2023
The platform also arrives at a particularly weak moment for Twitter.
—WIRED, 6 July 2023
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“Weak moment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weak%20moment. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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