01 a. Wanting physical strength.
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Wanting physical strength.
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Not able to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain; as, a weak timber; a weak rope.
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Not firmly united or adhesive; easily broken or separated into pieces; not compact; as, a weak ship.
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Not stiff; pliant; frail; soft; as, the weak stalk of a plant.
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Not able to resist external force or onset; easily subdued or overcome; as, a weak barrier; as, a weak fortress.
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Lacking force of utterance or sound; not sonorous; low; small; feeble; faint.“A voice not soft, weak, piping, and womanish.” — Ascham.
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Not thoroughly or abundantly impregnated with the usual or required ingredients, or with stimulating and nourishing substances; of less than the usual strength; as, weak tea, broth, or liquor; a weak decoction or solution; a weak dose of medicine.
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Lacking ability for an appropriate function or office; as, weak eyes; a weak stomach; a weak magistrate; a weak regiment, or army.
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Not possessing or manifesting intellectual, logical, moral, or political strength, vigor, etc.
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Feeble of mind; wanting discernment; lacking vigor; spiritless; as, a weak king or magistrate.“To think every thing disputable is a proof of a weak mind and captious temper.” — Beattie.“Origen was never weak enough to imagine that there were two Gods.” — Waterland.
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Resulting from, or indicating, lack of judgment, discernment, or firmness; unwise; hence, foolish.“If evil thence ensue, She first his weak indulgence will accuse.” — Milton.
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Not having full confidence or conviction; not decided or confirmed; vacillating; wavering.“Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.” — Rom. xiv. 1.
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Not able to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion, etc.; easily impressed, moved, or overcome; accessible; vulnerable; as, weak resolutions; weak virtue.“Guard thy heart On this weak side, where most our nature fails.” — Addison.
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Wanting in power to influence or bind; as, weak ties; a weak sense of honor of duty.
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Not having power to convince; not supported by force of reason or truth; unsustained; as, a weak argument or case.“A case so weak . . . hath much persisted in.” — Hooker.
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Wanting in point or vigor of expression; as, a weak sentence; a weak style.
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Not prevalent or effective, or not felt to be prevalent; not potent; feeble.
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Lacking in elements of political strength; not wielding or having authority or energy; deficient in the resources that are essential to a ruler or nation; as, a weak monarch; a weak government or state.“I must make fair weather yet awhile, Till Henry be more weak, and I more strong.” — Shak.
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Tending towards lower prices; as, a weak market.(Stock Exchange)
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Pertaining to, or designating, a verb which forms its preterit (imperfect) and past participle by adding to the present the suffix -ed, -d, or the variant form -t; as in the verbs abash, abashed; abate, abated; deny, denied; feel, felt. See Strong, 19 (a).(Gram.) See: Strong
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Tending toward a lower price or lower prices; as, wheat is weak; a weak market.(Stock Exchange)
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Lacking in good cards; deficient as to number or strength; as, a hand weak in trumps.(Card Playing)
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Lacking contrast; as, a weak negative.(Photog.)
Phrases & compounds
Weak conjugation —
the conjugation of weak verbs; -- called also new conjugation, [or] regular conjugation, and distinguished from the old conjugation, or irregular conjugation.
Weak declension —
the declension of weak nouns; also, one of the declensions of adjectives.
Weak side —
the side or aspect of a person's character or disposition by which he is most easily affected or influenced; weakness; infirmity.
weak sore —
a sore covered with pale, flabby, sluggish granulations.