weak
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1.3
- adjective
- /wiːk/
- The factory-built instruments are thin and weak in the lower register, and their response steadily declines in the higher range.
- weak tea
- strong and weak
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Examples
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If you like very weak coffee, well, you're really going for it.
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"I have made it weak," she said, "but I have sugar."
Fiction book (1996) -
Just that it made it weak Coffee, man.
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- Coffee looks a little weak today.
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You know when you see that weak, that weak milk?
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The bakery, just a few feet away, provides us with weak coffee.
Fiction book (2001) -
Late in the morning, Peter Senior had finally emerged to make toast and weak coffee for himself.
Fiction book (2001) -
My hands shaking, I poured my guest his weak drink, little more than colored water really, and put away the perishables.
Fiction book (2000) -
The woman's head lolled on his shoulder, her weak, cool breath hitting his chin.
Fiction book (1999) -
If you prefer weak coffee, you should add more water to it.
Synonyms
227
5.2
Not strong or convincing, for example an argument
157
2.7
Very slight and hard to notice
29
6.1
Dull and showing little energy
22
2.0
Food that has a very weak taste and little or no strong flavor
18
3.4
Made less strong by mixing with water or something else
7
1.0
Thin and weak because it has too much water
7
3.6
Less bright, loud, or strong than something else
4
3.5
Food that has little or no taste and seems bland
4
7.6
Weak in taste, like watered-down tea
2
4.2
A liquid that is weaker after adding water
1
3.4
Having a gentle, not strong taste
1
3.2
Made less thick by adding water or another liquid
1
3.4
Not very strong physically, in health, or in quality
1
3.9
A little weak in taste, sound, or argument
1
8.1
A thin, watery quality that lacks strength or richness
1
8.2
Food or drink that has little taste
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
3
8.3
A basic interaction in nature that causes some radioactive decay and acts on particles like neutrinos
- Specialized
1
8.1
A basic force that makes some tiny particles change and causes some radioactive decay
- Specialized
1
7.9
A scientific idea that explains the weak force that makes some atoms change into other atoms
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Etymology
Weak comes from the old English word wāc, meaning 'pliant' or 'easily bent', and is like other old German words for 'not strong'. So, when a drink or soup is weak, it means the taste is thin or not strong enough.