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as in weakened
lacking bodily strength
the little boy was simply too weak to lift the box
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2
as in soft
lacking strength of will or character
I was too weak to resist the free doughnuts in the office break room
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as in thin
not containing very much of some important element
the coffee came out too weak because I didn't use enough ground beans
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as in unreasonable
not using or following good reasoning
your argument is weak
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as in helpless
unable to act or achieve one's purpose
the vice president is a relatively weak official
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Recent Examples of weak
Symptoms of infant botulism include constipation, difficulty feeding, weak or altered cries, poor head control and other signs of muscle weakness.
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Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 9 Nov. 2025
And his influence over Kingstown’s drug trade could be just as weak, now that Detroit mob boss Frank Moses has taken Bunny under his wing.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 9 Nov. 2025
The government's case is weak and circumstantial.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 9 Nov. 2025
Haigian's downgrade comes after CarMax last week announced a weak preliminary outlook for the current quarter and said CEO Bill Nash was unexpectedly stepping down.
—Sean Conlon,liz Napolitano, CNBC, 9 Nov. 2025
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Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 9 Nov. 2025
And his influence over Kingstown’s drug trade could be just as weak, now that Detroit mob boss Frank Moses has taken Bunny under his wing.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 9 Nov. 2025
The government's case is weak and circumstantial.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 9 Nov. 2025
Haigian's downgrade comes after CarMax last week announced a weak preliminary outlook for the current quarter and said CEO Bill Nash was unexpectedly stepping down.
—Sean Conlon,liz Napolitano, CNBC, 9 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for weak
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The illness can be dangerous or life-threatening, particularly to older adults, those with weakened immune systems and pregnant women.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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But babies, people with weakened immune systems, and those with chronic lung conditions are more likely to get seriously sick, developing illnesses like bronchiolitis or pneumonia.—
Evan Moore
November 5,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Nov. 2025
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Another noteworthy development is Arts Landing, a four-acre city park in Downtown Pittsburgh featuring public art, greenery and performance space set to soft open in April 2026.—
Natalia Senanayake,
PEOPLE,
10 Nov. 2025
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For the white colorway, a contrasting gum sole with a soft suede toe highlights the sneaker, while the black version features a brown distressed tooling.—
Stephen Garner,
Footwear News,
10 Nov. 2025
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At Paradromics, researchers have developed a chip with thinner wires than the Utah array, something that reduces, but does not eliminate, the damage done to brain tissue.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
6 Nov. 2025
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This recipe calls for fresh tomatillos, which look like small green tomatoes wrapped in thin papery skin.—
Patricia S York,
Southern Living,
6 Nov. 2025
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Officers are able to use loitering laws as general warrants to circumvent individuals’ constitutional right to be protected from unreasonable searches and seizures, Wood said.—
Alex Brizee,
Idaho Statesman,
10 Nov. 2025
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The class counsel has argued that objectors are raising either points that were already decided, inappropriate for this forum, or unreasonable to address.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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People eventually outgrow the helpless-baby stage.—
Anna Louie Sussman,
The Atlantic,
7 Nov. 2025
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Without money and without a means to earn it, women are helpless to determine the course of their own lives.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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And honestly, what could be more feeble?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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Their calculations show that a feeble interaction between the inflaton field and elementary particles called gluons would be sufficient to warm up inflation.—
Stephanie Pappas,
Scientific American,
27 Oct. 2025
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Hospitals became a backstop for complications and for the frailest cases, while communities worked to strengthen local food sources.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
5 Nov. 2025
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But in young children, frail or elderly people, and those with weakened immune systems, Listeria can be deadly.—
Jenna Anderson,
Health,
3 Nov. 2025
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Second, a dilute hydrochloric acid is used to dissolve the remaining lithium and the transition metals—nickel, cobalt, and manganese.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Oct. 2025
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For example, Wilson’s team is exploring whether dilute acids speed up weathering.—
Robert F. Service,
Science | AAAS,
3 Sep. 2020
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“Weak.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weak. Accessed 23 Nov. 2025.
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