frailties

noun

plural of frailty
as in weaknesses
a defect in character selfishness is a common human frailty

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Recent Examples of frailties Colombia could test Portugal’s defensive frailties with a combination of skill and pace. — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 5 June 2026 Mundo and Diana’s world is more stark, its colors stripped away to show the toll of life’s frailties on the couple. — Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 25 May 2026 Those traits historically idolized as feminine frailties (or diagnosed as feminine neuroses) are here reenvisioned as sources of extraordinary talent. — Caroline Lillian Schopp, Artforum, 13 May 2026 Just as her characters tussle with the frailties installed during their upbringings, Strout, the daughter of a schoolteacher mother and parasitologist father who was also a congregationalist deacon, has reckoned with her roots. — Belinda Luscombe, Time, 28 Apr. 2026 Both larger-than-life characters have their frailties. — Bob Strauss, Houston Chronicle, 25 Mar. 2026 Both larger-than-life characters have their frailties. — Bob Strauss, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Mar. 2026 Okrent highlights the emotional frailties that coexisted with the brilliance and generosity. — Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026 Jackson’s other frailties were evident long before that diagnosis. — John Blake, CNN Money, 17 Feb. 2026
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  1. weaknesses
  2. faults
  3. sins
  4. shortcomings
Noun
  • Fourteen months before Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) collapsed, its supervisors had already identified serious weaknesses in its liquidity risk management.
    — Amer Al Ahbabi, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • At a meeting earlier this month, the RMG Sustainability Council warned that structural weaknesses could put lives and property at risk if the building remained open.
    — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 17 July 2026
Definition of weaknesses
Noun
  • In truth, heat waves stress power grids in a number of ways, producing faults and outages on a variety of scales, small and large.
    — Scott Montgomery, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • But at least Janet, for all of her faults, is working toward a resolution.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 16 July 2026
Definition of faults
Noun
  • Among Ashley’s many sins, none were more wicked than the alienation of club legends, particularly Keegan.
    — James Pearce, New York Times, 22 July 2026
  • That creates a dangerous possibility of AI as the ultimate seven-sins machine.
    — Regan Peng, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of sins
Noun
  • This can lead to unpredictable behavior, biased algorithms and ethical shortcomings—all of which can lead to harmful outputs with the potential to badly undermine customer trust.
    — Chris Dimitriadis, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • Dee Atkins and Natasha Jenkins demonstrated their understanding of the system’s shortcomings during the hearing.
    — Nik Hunder, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2026
Definition of shortcomings

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