1. (

• weak

) wanting in physical strength; "a weak pillar" ;

2. (

• watery ,
• washy ,
• weak

) overly diluted; thin and insipid; "washy coffee"; "watery milk"; "weak tea" ;

3. (

• unaccented ,
• light ,
• weak

) (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress; "a syllable that ends in a short vowel is a light syllable"; "a weak stress on the second syllable" ;

4. (

• fallible ,
• frail ,
• imperfect ,
• weak

) wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings; "I'm only a fallible human"; "frail humanity" ;

5. (

• weak

) tending downward in price; "a weak market for oil stocks" ;

6. (

• weak

) deficient or lacking in some skill; "he's weak in spelling" ;

7. (

• decrepit ,
• debile ,
• feeble ,
• infirm ,
• rickety ,
• sapless ,
• weak ,
• weakly

) lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless" ;

8. (

• weak

) (used of verbs) having standard (or regular) inflection ;

9. (

• weak

) not having authority, political strength, or governing power; "a weak president" ;

10. (

• faint ,
• weak

) deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc; "a faint outline"; "the wan sun cast faint shadows"; "the faint light of a distant candle"; "weak colors"; "a faint hissing sound"; "a faint aroma"; "a weak pulse" ;

11. (

• weak

) likely to fail under stress or pressure; "the weak link in the chain" ;

12. (

• weak

) deficient in intelligence or mental power; "a weak mind" ;