| NOUN | state | weakness, failing | a flaw or weak point |
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| attribute | weakness, helplessness, impuissance | powerlessness revealed by an inability to act | |
| attribute | weakness | the property of lacking physical or mental strength | |
| state | weakness | the condition of being financially weak | |
| feeling | weakness | a penchant for something even though it might not be good for you |
| Sounds | wiy'knahs | |
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| Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... | |
| Meaning | A flaw or weak point. | |
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| Synonym | failing | |
| Narrower | fatigue | Used of materials (especially metals) in a weakened / weakened state caused by long stress |
| flaw | defect or weakness in a person's character | |
| insufficiency, inadequacy | A lack of competence | |
| Broader | imperfection, imperfectness | The state or an instance of being imperfect |
| Spanish | debilidad, defecto, error, falla, fallo | |
| Catalan | error, fallada | |
| Adjectives | weak | likely to fail under stress or pressure |
| Meaning | powerlessness revealed by an inability to act. | |
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| Example | "in spite of their weakness the group remains active" | |
| Synonyms | helplessness, impuissance | |
| Broader | powerlessness, impotence, impotency | The quality of lacking strength or power |
| Spanish | desamparo, impotencia | |
| Catalan | debilitat, desempar, feblesa, fluixedat, frevolesa | |
| Adjectives | weak | not having authority, political strength, or governing power |
| Meaning | The property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress / stress or strain / strain. | |
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| Narrower | adynamia | lack of strength or vigor (especially from illness) |
| attenuation | The property of something that has been weakened or reduced in thickness or density | |
| enervation | lack of vitality | |
| faintness | The property of being without strength | |
| fatigability | susceptibility to fatigue | |
| feebleness, tenuity | The quality of lacking intensity or substance | |
| flimsiness, shoddiness | The property of weakness by virtue of careless construction | |
| fragility, delicacy | lack of physical strength | |
| inanition, lassitude, lethargy, slackness | weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy | |
| insubstantiality | lack of solid substance and strength | |
| smallness, littleness | The property of having relatively little strength or vigor | |
| vulnerability | susceptibility to injury or attack | |
| weak part, weak spot, soft spot | A place of especial vulnerability | |
| Broader | property | A basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class |
| Opposite | strength | The property of being physically or mentally strong |
| Spanish | debilidad | |
| Catalan | debilitat | |
| Adjectives | weak | wanting in physical strength |
| weak | lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality | |
| Meaning | The condition of being financially weak. | |
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| Example | "the weakness of the dollar against the yen" | |
| Broader | misfortune, bad luck, tough luck, ill luck | An unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes |
| Opposite | strength | The condition of financial success |
| Adjectives | weak | tending downward in price |
| Meaning | A penchant for something even though it might not be good for you. | |
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| Example | "he has a weakness for chocolate" | |
| Broader | preference, penchant, predilection, taste | A strong liking |
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