as in faults
a defect in character
his one weakness is his cockeyed optimism about everything
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Recent Examples of weaknesses
How does the relative length of our haunting reflect our collective moral strengths and weaknesses?
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Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
Looking at the current state of the roster, there are not many major weaknesses.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
Bokhari’s opponent, Democrat Kimberly Owens, said political affiliation shouldn’t be the primary factor in evaluating the strengths or weaknesses of a local official.
—Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2025
That has led some analysts to warn that increasingly insular investments could mask weaknesses within the giants driving the AI boom.
—Christina Wilkie, NBC news, 14 Oct. 2025
Begin with less critical tasks to help your team understand the AI’s strengths and weaknesses.
—Nelson Lim, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2025
The whole atmosphere, the borderline evil USGA pin locations — tournament golf exposes your weaknesses and projects them for everyone to see.
—Gabby Herzig, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
But due to weaknesses in SANDAG’s recordkeeping system, auditors could not make a determination of whether the company had been improperly favored by SANDAG officials, Ruby said.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2025
Researchers believe Shackleton knew of his ship’s weaknesses in ice.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside, 7 Oct. 2025
Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
Looking at the current state of the roster, there are not many major weaknesses.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
Bokhari’s opponent, Democrat Kimberly Owens, said political affiliation shouldn’t be the primary factor in evaluating the strengths or weaknesses of a local official.
—Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2025
That has led some analysts to warn that increasingly insular investments could mask weaknesses within the giants driving the AI boom.
—Christina Wilkie, NBC news, 14 Oct. 2025
Begin with less critical tasks to help your team understand the AI’s strengths and weaknesses.
—Nelson Lim, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2025
The whole atmosphere, the borderline evil USGA pin locations — tournament golf exposes your weaknesses and projects them for everyone to see.
—Gabby Herzig, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
But due to weaknesses in SANDAG’s recordkeeping system, auditors could not make a determination of whether the company had been improperly favored by SANDAG officials, Ruby said.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2025
Researchers believe Shackleton knew of his ship’s weaknesses in ice.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside, 7 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for weaknesses
Noun
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Not of any one person, but of Florida with its beauty and its faults, and the imagined communities of young men who could inhabit it.—
Vogue,
Vogue,
18 Oct. 2025
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By scouring two years of police body cam footage, Gandbhir hoped to turn a tool intended to protect police into a tool that exposes their faults.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Judge has the same flaw in postseason shortcomings, both individually as a team.—
Tim Crowley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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By now, the Jolly Rancher had vanished, as had a round of the house’s elegant dirty Martini, whose shortcomings in grit were made up for in potency.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Death in the Family does not tap into our empathy for them so much as our own sense of aggrievement at having to exist in a world where people like the Murdaughs can skate by without consequences for even the worst of their sins.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Oct. 2025
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In 1998, audiences might have experienced Ragtime as a parable of past sins long overcome.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
11 Oct. 2025
Noun
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If social media is any indication, lean bulking still commonly involves extreme dieting, which can lead to nutrition deficiencies, hormonal changes, eating disorders, and loss of muscle and bone density.—
Yasmin Tayag,
The Atlantic,
17 Oct. 2025
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The Swedish government said up to 95 percent of the population could survive on grains for three months without any nutrient deficiencies in the plan which would provide people with 3,000 calories a day.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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As was Matthiessen’s self-awareness about his own moral failings.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Oct. 2025
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So [in the film], there’s this sort of notion that, if a movie star kind of represents us in all our failings and humanity, what does that mean exactly?—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Weaknesses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weaknesses. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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