weak
//wi(ː)k//
Forms
- Comparative
- weaker
- Superlative
- weakest
Definitions
1.Lacking in force (usually strength) or ability.
- The child was too weak to move the boulder.
- They easily guessed his weak computer password.
2.Unable to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain.
- Tom is weak in French.
3.Limp, soft.
- Tom is weak in French.
4.Unable to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion, etc.; easily impressed, moved, or overcome; accessible; vulnerable.
- Tom is weak in French.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1969
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
From Middle English weyk, wayk, weik, waik, borrowed from Old Norse veikr (“weak”), from Proto-Germanic *waikwaz (“weak, yielded, pliant, bendsome”), of uncertain origin.