as in faults
a defect in character
his one weakness is his cockeyed optimism about everything
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Recent Examples of weaknesses
It could be argued that this trio of managers followed each other at United because their strengths answered the previous manager’s weaknesses.
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Carl Anka, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
Vandersloot’s absence this season exposed weaknesses across the Sky roster.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
Secondly, the latest 10-K revealed significant weaknesses in financial reporting controls, raising new concerns among investors regarding the company’s corporate governance.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
But the filmmaker clearly feels the core of the drama in his bones, which goes some distance toward masking its weaknesses.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
The weaknesses have been narrowed down.
—Dan Cancian, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Longer term, the Lakers (20-15) still need to make a trade or two to try addressing weaknesses.
—Jovan Buha, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
One of the Giants’ weaknesses is their starting lineup.
—Hank Gola, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2025
Carl Anka, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
Vandersloot’s absence this season exposed weaknesses across the Sky roster.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
Secondly, the latest 10-K revealed significant weaknesses in financial reporting controls, raising new concerns among investors regarding the company’s corporate governance.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
But the filmmaker clearly feels the core of the drama in his bones, which goes some distance toward masking its weaknesses.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
The weaknesses have been narrowed down.
—Dan Cancian, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Longer term, the Lakers (20-15) still need to make a trade or two to try addressing weaknesses.
—Jovan Buha, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
One of the Giants’ weaknesses is their starting lineup.
—Hank Gola, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for weaknesses
Noun
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So The Paper treats journalism as aspirational — Ned describes over-romanticizing as one of his main faults.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2025
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A lot of the struggles Rumi has with her identity and Celine (Yunjin Kim) are very Korean, in that faults and fears must be hidden.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The current Razorback defenders are well aware of the shortcomings in last year’s game.—
Tom Murphy,
Arkansas Online,
12 Sep. 2025
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The shoddy work and questionable conclusions of that report were so extensive that an analysis of it required over 450 pages to detail all of its shortcomings.—
Nate Anderson,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Among dentists, it's treated as one of the great sins, right up there with sugar before bed or smoking cigarettes.—
Tiana Randall,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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But after Davina publicly accuses Julia mid-labor of seducing Lord Lovat, the group of women suddenly turn on Julia, yelling at her to repent her sins and repeatedly questioning her about the paternity of her child.—
Max Gao,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Aside from not having Worthy, the most significant concern for the Chiefs coming out of Brazil was deficiencies in the pass defense, which saw Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert throw for 318 yards and three touchdowns.—
Pete Sweeney,
Kansas City Star,
11 Sep. 2025
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The 2024 report is based on information from 77,688 containers inspected, where 8,850 were found to have deficiencies.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
10 Sep. 2025
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If the continuity, cohesion and familiarity offered by those who stayed does not prove enough to keep Leeds in the league, the inability to sell efficiently in the summer window will be seen as one of the failings.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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Thailand under Anutin will try to depart from Pheu Thai’s failings as much as possible, says Cogan.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Weaknesses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weaknesses. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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