weakadjective
uk/wiːk/us/wiːk/weak adjective (NOT STRONG)
B1 not physically strong:
not strong in character, so that you are not able to make decisions or to persuade or lead other people:
A weak argument or excuse is one that is not likely to be accepted or believed:
B2 A weak drink contains a lot of water compared to its other contents, so that it does not have a strong flavour:
specialized chemistry A weak acid, alkali, or chemical base does not produce many ions (= atoms with an electrical charge) when it is dissolved in water.
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- He's still feeling a bit weak after his operation.
- The team has a strong attack, but its defence is weak.
- My ankle is rather weak, so I always put a bandage on it to support it when I play tennis.
- How do you like your tea - strong or weak?
- We could just pick out the path in the weak beam of the torch.
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Weakness and vulnerability
- Achilles heel
- at a low ebb idiom
- be (only) flesh and blood idiom
- be sb's poodle idiom
- chink in sb's armour idiom
- faint
- frailty
- impotent
- indefensible
- lax
- limp
- malleable
- susceptibility
- susceptible
- toothless
- totter
- underbelly
- unprotected
- unsteady
- wraith
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weak adjective (NOT GOOD)
B1 not good enough, especially in ability, skill, or quality:
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Inability and awkwardness
- accident-prone
- all thumbs idiom
- amateurish
- at your worst idiom
- awkward
- boil
- fumble
- gauche
- geek
- ham-fisted
- have nothing on sb or sth idiom
- incapacitate
- maladroit
- nerd
- no great shakes idiom
- not have a prayer idiom
- obey
- organize
- rubbish
- worst
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weak adjective (CHIN)
usually disapproving A weak chin is small and does not stick out from the face.