weak

  • (adjective): Lacking in force (usually strength) or ability.
  • (adjective): Unable to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain.
  • (adjective): Unable to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion, etc.; easily impressed, moved, or overcome; accessible; vulnerable.
  • (adjective): Dilute, lacking in taste or potency.
  • (adjective): (grammar) Displaying a particular kind of inflection, including:
  • (adjective): That does not ionize completely into anions and cations in a solution.
  • (adjective): One of the four fundamental forces associated with nuclear decay.
  • (adjective): Bad or uncool.
  • (adjective): Having a narrow range of logical consequences; narrowly applicable. (Often contrasted with a strong statement which implies it.)
  • (adjective): Resulting from, or indicating, lack of judgment, discernment, or firmness; unwise; hence, foolish.
  • (adjective): Not having power to convince; not supported by force of reason or truth; unsustained.
  • (adjective): Lacking in vigour or expression.
  • (adjective): Not prevalent or effective, or not felt to be prevalent; not potent; feeble.
  • (adjective): Tending towards lower prices.
  • (adjective): Lacking contrast.
  • The child was too weak to move the boulder.
  • a weak timber; a weak rope
  • weak resolutions; weak virtue
  • We were served stale bread and weak tea.
  • a weak acid;  a weak base