The point where something fails to work properly or to hold up is its weakness. If a building crumbles in a storm, it's probably because of a weakness a flaw or defect in its structure.
The quality or state of being weak; want of strength or firmness; lack of vigor; want of resolution or of moral strength; feebleness.
Noun
the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain; "his weakness increased as he became older"; "the weakness of the span was overlooked until it collapsed"
Noun
powerlessness revealed by an inability to act; "in spite of their weakness the group remains highly active"
Noun
a penchant for something even though it might not be good for you; "he has a weakness for chocolate"
Noun
a flaw or weak point; "he was quick to point out his wife''s failings"
Noun
the condition of being financially weak; "the weakness of the dollar against the yen"
n.
The quality or state of being weak; want of strength or
firmness; lack of vigor; want of resolution or of moral strength;
feebleness.
n.
That which is a mark of lack of strength or resolution; a
fault; a defect.
Weakness
Many take pleasure in spreading abroad the weakness of an exalted character.
The quality or state of being weak; want of strength or firmness; lack of vigor; want of resolution or of moral strength; feebleness.
Usage Examples
Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to.
As soon as man enters into a state of society he loses the sense of his weakness equality ceases, and then commences the state of war.
Failure to accord credit to anyone for what he may have done is a great weakness in any man.
I think that when you are famous every weakness is exaggerated.
I just like the company of beautiful women. I have a weakness in that department. And I suppose because I am fairly well off and a famous musician, I'm up for grabs. And that makes me an eligible bachelor in the press.
For a man to attain to an eminent degree in learning costs him time, watching, hunger, nakedness, dizziness in the head, weakness in the stomach, and other inconveniences.
I saw that all beings are fated to happiness: action is not life, but a way of wasting some force, an enervation. Morality is the weakness of the brain.
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Other Usage ExamplesAs you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.
I think that what went wrong with religion is the same thing that went wrong with politics. Is that it became too money based and too controlling. It's just a weakness that we human beings have for control - we want one thing and then we want more and then we want more.
I believe in the power of weakness.
Each relationship nurtures a strength or weakness within you.
I have a theory and I really believe it. I think your worst weakness can become your greatest single strength.
As much as I value an union of all the states, I would not admit the southern states into the union, unless they agreed to the discontinuance of this disgraceful trade, because it would bring weakness and not strength to the union.
Death used to announce itself in the thick of life but now people drag on so long it sometimes seems that we are reaching the stage when we may have to announce ourselves to death. It is as though one needs a special strength to die, and not a final weakness.
Children, I grant, should be innocent but when the epithet is applied to men, or women, it is but a civil term for weakness.
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