WEAKNESS Definition & Meaning

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weakness

[week-nis]

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noun

the state or quality of being weak; lack of strength, firmness, vigor, or the like; feebleness.
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an inadequate or defective quality, as in a person's character; slight fault or defect.
to show great sympathy for human weaknesses.
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a self-indulgent liking or special fondness, as for a particular thing.
I've always had a weakness for the opera.
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an object of special desire; something very difficult to resist.
Chocolates were her weakness.

weakness

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noun

the state or quality of being weak
a deficiency or failing, as in a person's character
a self-indulgent fondness or liking
a weakness for chocolates

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

nonweakness noun

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of weakness¹

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English waikenes, weikenes. See weak, -ness

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Idioms and Phrases

see have a weakness for.

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Synonym Study

See fault.

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Still, the Republicans have capitalized on and taken the Democrats’ kindness for weakness, Walz added.

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Doing so would be a very public act of weakness on Tehran’s part.

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“Those are noble ideals. That’s what makes American democracy great. But the weakness of American democracy is also in those words … because the people are fallible. They make mistakes.”

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And that unwillingness to see his own weaknesses caused immeasurable harm, by convincing him to stay far too long in a campaign he could not win.

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I was diagnosed four years ago after complaining of weakness in my right arm.

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weak moment, in a weak nuclear force

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