Definition of WEAK

weak

Adjective

  • Lacking physical or moral strength or power.
  • wanting in physical strength
    • "a weak pillar"

Adjective Satellite

  • overly diluted; thin and insipid
    • "weak tea"
  • (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress
    • "a weak stress on the second syllable"
  • wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings
  • tending downward in price
    • "a weak market for oil stocks"
  • deficient or lacking in some skill
    • "he's weak in spelling"
  • lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
  • (used of verbs) having standard (or regular) inflection
  • not having authority, political strength, or governing power
    • "a weak president"
  • deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
    • "weak colors"
    • "a weak pulse"
  • likely to fail under stress or pressure
    • "the weak link in the chain"
  • deficient in intelligence or mental power
    • "a weak mind"

Adj

  • Lacking in force (usually strength) or ability.
  • Unable to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain.
  • Unable to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion, etc.; easily impressed, moved, or overcome; accessible; vulnerable.
  • Having a strong, irrepressible emotional love for someone or (less often) something; sentimentally affected by such love.
  • Dilute, lacking in taste or potency.
  • Displaying a particular kind of inflection, including:
  • Regular in inflection, lacking vowel changes and having a past tense with -d- or -t-.
  • Displaying a particular kind of inflection, including:
  • Showing less distinct grammatical endings.
  • Displaying a particular kind of inflection, including:
  • Definite in meaning, often used with a definite article or similar word.
  • That does not ionize completely into anions and cations in a solution.
  • One of the four fundamental forces associated with nuclear decay.
  • Bad or uncool.
  • Having a narrow range of logical consequences; narrowly applicable. (Often contrasted with a strong statement which implies it.)
  • Resulting from, or indicating, lack of judgment, discernment, or firmness; unwise; hence, foolish.
  • Not having power to convince; not supported by force of reason or truth; unsustained.
  • Lacking in vigour or expression.
  • Not prevalent or effective, or not felt to be prevalent; not potent; feeble.
  • Tending towards lower prices.
  • Lacking contrast.

Examples

  • a weak acid; a weak base
  • a weak market; wheat is weak at present
  • a weak negative
  • a weak sentence; a weak style
  • a weak timber; a weak rope
  • His hand felt weak, full of low-value letters, making a strong play impossible.
  • The child was too weak to move the boulder.
  • The prosecution advanced a weak case.
  • They easily guessed his weak computer password.
  • This place is weak.
  • We were served stale bread and weak tea.
  • weak resolutions; weak virtue

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English weyk, wayk, weik, waik, from Old Norse veikr (“weak”), from Proto-Germanic *waikwaz (“weak, yielded, pliant, bendsome”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to bend, wind”).
Cognate with Old English wāc (“weak, bendsome”), Saterland Frisian wook (“soft, gentle, tender”), West Frisian weak (“soft”), Dutch week (“soft, weak”), German weich (“weak, soft”), Norwegian veik (“weak”), Swedish vek (“weak, pliant”), Icelandic veikur (“bendsome, weak”). Related to Old English wīcan (“to yield”). Doublet of week and wick.

Scrabble Score: 11

weak: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
weak: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
weak: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

weak: valid Words With Friends Word