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weakness
[ week-nis ]
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.
Synonyms:
- a self-indulgent liking or special fondness, as for a particular thing:
I've always had a weakness for the opera.
Synonyms: , , ,
- an object of special desire; something very difficult to resist:
Chocolates were her weakness.
weakness
/ ˈɾːɪ /
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
Other 51Թ Forms
- ԴDz·ɱn noun
51Թ History and Origins
Idioms and Phrases
see have a weakness for .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
But that strength can also be a weakness.
Despite the differences, the effrontery of a U.S. president mocking their relative weakness and implying that they’re all just a bunch of wannabe Americans brought them quickly together.
He does have a weakness against bouncers, but only when they are bowled in the channel just outside off stump.
Currency weakness could encourage studios to bring their productions back to the U.S., although perhaps not in Los Angeles, where the cost of labor is high, said media executives who weren’t authorized to comment.
At its worst, the games against the Thunder could expose the Lakers’ weaknesses.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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