weak
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adjective
1. Lacking in force (usually strength) or ability.
"The child was too weak to move the boulder."
2. Unable to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain.
"a weak timber; a weak rope"
3. Unable to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion, etc.; easily impressed, moved, or overcome; accessible; vulnerable.
"weak resolutions; weak virtue"
4. Dilute, lacking in taste or potency.
"We were served stale bread and weak tea."
5. (grammar) Displaying a particular kind of inflection, including:
6. That does not ionize completely into anions and cations in a solution.
"a weak acid; a weak base"
7. One of the four fundamental forces associated with nuclear decay.
8. Bad or uncool.
"This place is weak."
9. Having a narrow range of logical consequences; narrowly applicable. (Often contrasted with a strong statement which implies it.)
10. Resulting from, or indicating, lack of judgment, discernment, or firmness; unwise; hence, foolish.
11. Not having power to convince; not supported by force of reason or truth; unsustained.
"The prosecution advanced a weak case."
12. Lacking in vigour or expression.
"a weak sentence; a weak style"
13. Not prevalent or effective, or not felt to be prevalent; not potent; feeble.
14. Tending towards lower prices.
"a weak market; wheat is weak at present"
15. Lacking contrast.
"a weak negative"
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Source: en.wiktionary.org
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