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Word: Weak
Speech Type: Adjective
Old English wāc ‘pliant’, ‘of little worth’, ‘not steadfast’, reinforced in Middle English by Old Norse veikr, from a Germanic base meaning ‘yield, give way’
wiːk
lacking the power to perform physically demanding tasks; having little physical strength or energy
Short Definition:lacking power to perform physically demanding tasks
Examples:- she was recovering from flu, and was very weak
liable to break or give way under pressure; easily damaged
Short Definition:liable to break or give way under pressure
Examples:- the salamander's tail may be broken off at a weak spot near the base
lacking intensity or brightness
Short Definition:lacking intensity or brightness
Examples:- a weak light from a single street lamp
denoting a class of verbs in Germanic languages that form the past tense and past participle by addition of a suffix (in English, typically -ed).
Short Definition:denoting class of verbs
relating to or denoting the weakest of the known kinds of force between particles, which acts only at distances less than about 10⁻¹⁵ cm, is very much weaker than the electromagnetic and the strong interactions, and conserves neither strangeness, parity, nor isospin.
Short Definition:of weakest of known kinds of force between particles, which acts only at distances less than about 10 15 cm
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