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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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3
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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4
as in unreasonable
not using or following good reasoning
your argument is weak
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5
as in helpless
unable to act or achieve one's purpose
the vice president is a relatively weak official
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a weak position
a vulnerable position
a susceptible position
an insecure position
a fragile position
a poor position
a weak economy
weak signals
a weak solution
an inconsistent solution
an inadequate solution
an ineffectual solution
a faulty solution
a deficient solution
a weak smile
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Recent Examples of weak
Back then, Israel was a much smaller country, with a significantly weaker military.
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Noam Tibon, Sun Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2025
The bottle's outer coating isn't as tough as the matte powder coating on others, and the aluminum felt weak.
—Boutayna Chokrane, WIRED, 10 Mar. 2025
By late this evening, the winds will be significantly weaker.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
For example, an experimental receiver aboard the Blue Ghost lander acquired and tracked navigation signals from GPS satellites for the first time in lunar orbit, where these signals are 361 times weaker than on Earth.
—Kristin Shaw, Ars Technica, 27 Feb. 2025
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Noam Tibon, Sun Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2025
The bottle's outer coating isn't as tough as the matte powder coating on others, and the aluminum felt weak.
—Boutayna Chokrane, WIRED, 10 Mar. 2025
By late this evening, the winds will be significantly weaker.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
For example, an experimental receiver aboard the Blue Ghost lander acquired and tracked navigation signals from GPS satellites for the first time in lunar orbit, where these signals are 361 times weaker than on Earth.
—Kristin Shaw, Ars Technica, 27 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for weak
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The water pressure then causes the vehicle to rise and slide on a thin layer of water between the tires and the road, making the driver lose control.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Mar. 2025
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Chinese smartphone company Honor has released devices that fold up to be nearly as thin as an iPhone.—
Arjun Kharpal,
CNBC,
2 Mar. 2025
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But the comparison of the former Pac-12 to the new Pac-12 isn’t unreasonable, either.—
Jon Wilner,
The Mercury News,
3 Mar. 2025
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Reasons to hire Gen Z include their focus on balance and staying grounded—which have the benefit of reducing burnout or unreasonable expectations.—
Tracy Brower,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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Abuse survivors can feel helpless trying to escape perpetrators or avoid being found and stalked when the safeguards in place are repeatedly violated, experts said, as in Lisa’s case.—
Angie DiMichele,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Mar. 2025
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Now, with the help of their dad’s right-hand woman Lucky (Poorna Jagannathan), the helpless brothers must assume the position as co-heads of his drug cartel.—
Max Gao,
NBC News,
5 Mar. 2025
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When experienced all at once, these features can further shake an emerging adult’s already feeble sense of stability.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
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But the currency is still weak and spending still feeble, prompting fresh debate about what actions the country’s central bank should take.—
River Akira Davis,
New York Times,
17 Feb. 2025
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Color choices include dun, icy blue, gray, Pacific blue, soft rose, and white.—
Terri Williams,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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It’s constructed from a soft and flexible silicone material that feels comfortable on (unlike some of the rock-hard plastic options out there).—
Jessie Quinn,
StyleCaster,
10 Mar. 2025
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Vinegar, which is really dilute acetic acid, will help the milk curdle by further denaturing the whey proteins and neutralizing negative charges at the surface of casein micelles.—
Liz Roth-Johnson,
Discover Magazine,
12 Feb. 2013
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However toxic a substance may be, the amount of exposure received by the general population is very dilute.—
George Johnson,
Discover Magazine,
8 July 2013
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Friedrich Nietzsche's idea of rationality, Apollonian, and the irrational passion, defined as Dionysian, have always been a sort of philosophical guide for Murano; his way of conceiving fashion.—
Alberto Calabrese,
Vogue,
4 Mar. 2025
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There’s a philosophical view, best associated with the scholar L. A. Paul, that the decision to have children is fundamentally irrational.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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The cousin also was hit with gunfire and became paralyzed, prosecutors said.—
Sara Schilling,
Sacramento Bee,
24 Feb. 2025
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John Lithgow plays an elderly care home tyrant out to drive an arrogant and partially paralyzed judge, played by Geoffrey Rush, insane in the official trailer for The Rule of Jenny Pen, which dropped Monday.—
Etan Vlessing,
The Hollywood Reporter,
24 Feb. 2025
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“Weak.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weak. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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