Definition of weaker Weaker
/wiˈkɚ/ - [weeker] -
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What does weaker mean?
Wiktionary 
- weaker (Adjective)
Said of one proposition with respect to another one: that the latter entails the former, but the former does not entail the latter.
Part of speech
🔤- weaker, adjective, comparative of weak.
WordNet
Adjectiveweak, weaker, weakest |
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| weak - wanting in physical strength; "a weak pillar" | ||
| strong freshly made or left; "a warm trail"; "the scent is warm" | ||
| delicate exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury; "a delicate violin passage"; "delicate china"; "a delicate flavor"; "the delicate wing of a butterfly" | ||
| untoughened, tender (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition; "tender green shoots" | ||
| powerless lacking power | ||
| strength the property of being physically or mentally strong; "fatigue sapped his strength" | ||
| anaemic, anemic lacking vigor or energy; "an anemic attempt to hit the baseball" | ||
| debilitated, enervated, adynamic, asthenic lacking strength or vigor | ||
| feeble, faint lacking strength; "a weak, nerveless fool, devoid of energy and promptitude"- Nathaniel Hawthorne | ||
| lame, feeble lacking strength; "a weak, nerveless fool, devoid of energy and promptitude"- Nathaniel Hawthorne | ||
| flimsy lacking substance or significance; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; a fragile claim to fame" | ||
| jerry-built, shoddy of inferior workmanship and materials; "mean little jerry-built houses" | ||
| namby-pamby, wishy-washy, gutless, spineless weak in willpower, courage or vitality | ||
| pallid, wan, pale, sick lacking vitality as from weariness or illness or unhappiness; "a wan smile" | ||
| puny (used especially of persons) of inferior size | ||
| vulnerable capable of being wounded or hurt; "vulnerable parts of the body" | ||
| weak - likely to fail under stress or pressure; "the weak link in the chain" | ||
| fallible likely to fail or make errors; "everyone is fallible to some degree" | ||
| weak - not having authority, political strength, or governing power; "a weak president" | ||
| powerless lacking power | ||
| weak - (used of verbs) having standard (or regular) inflection | ||
| regular in accord with regular practice or procedure; "took his regular morning walk"; "her regular bedtime" | ||
| weak - tending downward in price; "a weak market for oil stocks" | ||
| down not functioning (temporarily or permanently); "we can't work because the computer is down" | ||
| weak - deficient in intelligence or mental power; "a weak mind" | ||
| weak - deficient or lacking in some skill; "he's weak in spelling" | ||
| weak - lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless" | ||
| decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weakly | ||
| frail physically weak; "an invalid's frail body" | ||
| weak - deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc; "a faint outline"; "the wan sun cast faint shadows"; "the faint light of a distant candle"; "weak colors"; "a faint hissing sound"; "a faint aroma"; "a weak pulse" | ||
| faint | ||
| perceptible easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind; "a perceptible sense of expectation in the court" | ||
| weak - overly diluted; thin and insipid; "washy coffee"; "watery milk"; "weak tea" | ||
| watery, washy | ||
| dilute, diluted reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity; "diluted alcohol"; "a dilute solution"; "dilute acetic acid" | ||
| weak - wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings; "I'm only a fallible human"; "frail humanity" | ||
| fallible, frail, imperfect | ||
| human having human form or attributes as opposed to those of animals or divine beings; "human beings"; "the human body"; "human kindness"; "human frailty" | ||
| weak - (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress; "a syllable that ends in a short vowel is a light syllable"; "a weak stress on the second syllable" | ||
| unaccented, light | ||
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Wiktionary
- weak (Adjective)
Lacking in force usually strength or ability. - weak (Adjective)
Dilute, lacking in taste or potency. - weak (Adjective)
Displaying a particular kind of inflection, including. - weak (Adjective)
Regular in inflection, lacking vowel changes and having a past tense with -d- or -t-. - weak (Adjective)
Showing less distinct grammatical endings. - weak (Adjective)
Definite in meaning, often used with a definite article or similar word. - weak (Adjective)
One of the four fundamental forces associated with nuclear decay. - weak (Adjective)
Bad or uncool.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- weak (v. i.)
Wanting physical strength. - weak (v. i.)
Deficient in strength of body; feeble; infirm; sickly; debilitated; enfeebled; exhausted. - weak (v. i.)
Not able to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain; as, a weak timber; a weak rope. - weak (v. i.)
Not firmly united or adhesive; easily broken or separated into pieces; not compact; as, a weak ship. - weak (v. i.)
Not stiff; pliant; frail; soft; as, the weak stalk of a plant. - weak (v. i.)
Not able to resist external force or onset; easily subdued or overcome; as, a weak barrier; as, a weak fortress. - weak (v. i.)
Lacking force of utterance or sound; not sonorous; low; small; feeble; faint. - weak (v. i.)
Not thoroughly or abundantly impregnated with the usual or required ingredients, or with stimulating and nourishing substances; of less than the usual strength; as, weak tea, broth, or liquor; a weak decoction or solution; a weak dose of medicine. - weak (v. i.)
Lacking ability for an appropriate function or office; as, weak eyes; a weak stomach; a weak magistrate; a weak regiment, or army. - weak (v. i.)
Not possessing or manifesting intellectual, logical, moral, or political strength, vigor, etc. - weak (v. i.)
Feeble of mind; wanting discernment; lacking vigor; spiritless; as, a weak king or magistrate. - weak (v. i.)
Resulting from, or indicating, lack of judgment, discernment, or firmness; unwise; hence, foolish. - weak (v. i.)
Not having full confidence or conviction; not decided or confirmed; vacillating; wavering. - weak (v. i.)
Not able to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion, etc.; easily impressed, moved, or overcome; accessible; vulnerable; as, weak resolutions; weak virtue. - weak (v. i.)
Wanting in power to influence or bind; as, weak ties; a weak sense of honor of duty. - weak (v. i.)
Not having power to convince; not supported by force of reason or truth; unsustained; as, a weak argument or case. - weak (v. i.)
Wanting in point or vigor of expression; as, a weak sentence; a weak style. - weak (v. i.)
Not prevalent or effective, or not felt to be prevalent; not potent; feeble. - weak (v. i.)
Lacking in elements of political strength; not wielding or having authority or energy; deficient in the resources that are essential to a ruler or nation; as, a weak monarch; a weak government or state. - weak (v. i.)
Tending towards lower prices; as, a weak market. - weak (v. i.)
Pertaining to, or designating, a verb which forms its preterit (imperfect) and past participle by adding to the present the suffix -ed, -d, or the variant form -t; as in the verbs abash, abashed; abate, abated; deny, denied; feel, felt. See Strong, 19 (a). - weak (v. i.)
Pertaining to, or designating, a noun in Anglo-Saxon, etc., the stem of which ends in -n. See Strong, 19 (b). - weak (a.)
To make or become weak; to weaken.
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weak
Lacking in force or ability.
