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weak adj (weaker, weakest) 1 lacking physical strength. 2 lacking in moral or mental force. 3 not able to support or sustain a great weight. 4 not functioning effectively. 5 liable to give way. 6 lacking power. 7 commerce dropping in value. 8 too easily influenced or led by others. 9 yielding too easily to temptation. 10 lacking full flavour. 11 said of an argument: unsound or unconvincing; inconclusive. 12 faint • a weak signal. 13 half-hearted • a weak smile. 14 phonetics said of a sound or accent: having little force. 15 said of a verse line: having the accent on a normally unstressed syllable. 16 (sometimes weak on or in something) defective in some respect; having insufficient of something. 17 grammar said of a verb: inflected by the addition of a regular suffix rather than by a change in the main vowel, eg talk, talked. Compare strong sense 13. weakly adverb.
ETYMOLOGY: 13c: from Norse veikr.