Weak is the opposite of strong. Muscles, arguments, defenses, and coffee can all be weak and when they are, it's not good.
Wanting physical strength.
Adjective S.
overly diluted; thin and insipid; "washy coffee"; "watery milk"; "weak tea"
Adjective
lacking force; feeble; "a forceless argument"
Adjective S.
characterized by excessive softness or self-indulgence; "an effeminate civilization"
Adjective S.
having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings; "I''m only human"; "frail humanity"
Adjective S.
lacking physical strength or vigor
Adjective
lacking power
Adjective S.
used of verbs having standard (or regular) inflection
Adjective S.
lacking physical strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless"
Adjective S.
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"
Adjective
having little physical or spiritual strength; "a weak radio signal"; "a weak link"
v. i.
Wanting physical strength.
v. i.
Deficient in strength of body; feeble; infirm; sickly;
debilitated; enfeebled; exhausted.
v. i.
Not able to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain;
as, a weak timber; a weak rope.
v. i.
Not firmly united or adhesive; easily broken or separated
into pieces; not compact; as, a weak ship.
v. i.
Not stiff; pliant; frail; soft; as, the weak stalk of a
plant.
v. i.
Not able to resist external force or onset; easily subdued
or overcome; as, a weak barrier; as, a weak fortress.
v. i.
Lacking force of utterance or sound; not sonorous; low;
small; feeble; faint.
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.
v. i.
Lacking ability for an appropriate function or office; as,
weak eyes; a weak stomach; a weak magistrate; a weak regiment, or army.
v. i.
Not possessing or manifesting intellectual, logical,
moral, or political strength, vigor, etc.
v. i.
Feeble of mind; wanting discernment; lacking vigor;
spiritless; as, a weak king or magistrate.
v. i.
Resulting from, or indicating, lack of judgment,
discernment, or firmness; unwise; hence, foolish.
v. i.
Not having full confidence or conviction; not decided or
confirmed; vacillating; wavering.
v. i.
Not able to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion,
etc.; easily impressed, moved, or overcome; accessible; vulnerable; as,
weak resolutions; weak virtue.
v. i.
Wanting in power to influence or bind; as, weak ties; a
weak sense of honor of duty.
v. i.
Not having power to convince; not supported by force of
reason or truth; unsustained; as, a weak argument or case.
v. i.
Wanting in point or vigor of expression; as, a weak
sentence; a weak style.
v. i.
Not prevalent or effective, or not felt to be prevalent;
not potent; feeble.
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.
v. i.
Tending towards lower prices; as, a weak market.
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).
v. i.
Pertaining to, or designating, a noun in Anglo-Saxon,
etc., the stem of which ends in -n. See Strong, 19 (b).
a.
To make or become weak; to weaken.
Weak
A poor, infirm, weak, and despised old man.
Weak with hunger, mad with love.
A voice not soft, weak, piping, and womanish.
To think every thing disputable is a proof of a weak mind and captious temper.
Origen was never weak enough to imagine that there were two Gods.
If evil thence ensue, She first his weak indulgence will accuse.
Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.
Guard thy heart On this weak side, where most our nature fails.
A case so weak . . . hath much persisted in.
I must make fair weather yet awhile, Till Henry be more weak, and I more strong.
Weak
Never to seek weaking variety.
Wanting physical strength.
To make or become weak; to weaken.
Usage Examples
I am indeed amazed when I consider how weak my mind is and how prone to error.
As for the forces, electromagnetism and gravity we experience in everyday life. But the weak and strong forces are beyond our ordinary experience. So in physics, lots of the basic building blocks take 20th- or perhaps 21st-century equipment to explore.
Greece's European neighbors were able step in and bolster the weak foundation on which Greece's free-spending budget was based. It would be difficult for any country, or intergovernmental organization, to rescue an economy the size of the U.S. if investors were ever to lose faith in our bonds because of our enormous debt.
History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.
Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities strong men make them.
A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things, but cannot receive great ones.
I visited Jobs for the last time in his Palo Alto, Calif., home. He had moved to a downstairs bedroom because he was too weak to go up and down stairs. He was curled up in some pain, but his mind was still sharp and his humor vibrant.
Although your knowledge is weak and small, you need not be silent: since you cannot be judges be at least witnesses.
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Other Usage ExamplesHow far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these.
A strong man doesn't have to be dominant toward a woman. He doesn't match his strength against a woman weak with love for him. He matches it against the world.
Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards they simply unveil them to the eyes of men. Silently and imperceptibly, as we wake or sleep, we grow strong or weak and at last some crisis shows what we have become.
Every woman needs one man in her life who is strong and responsible. Given this security, she can proceed to do what she really wants to do-fall in love with men who are weak and irresponsible.
I feel like, in a lot of shows where the woman is in charge, the woman is this ball buster and the guy is sort of weak and spineless. And that's never been my experience in a relationship. I think it's much more interesting that the guy is the boss. And there are stakes.
Europeans say they are proud of their social fabric, of strong rights for workers and the weak in society.
Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.
I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong.
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