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Requiring careful or tactful treatment:
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- Requiring careful or tactful treatment:
- Easily broken or damaged:
- Marked by sensitivity of discrimination:
Of or produced by sickness
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- Of or produced by sickness
- Faint; feeble
- Lacking vigor or strength; feeble or weak:
Weakened, worn out, impaired, or broken down by old age, illness, or hard use.
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- Weakened, worn out, impaired, or broken down by old age, illness, or hard use.
caitiff
Despicable and cowardly.
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- Despicable and cowardly.
- Evil, mean, or cowardly
(Chiefly Southern US) Sickly; ill.
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- (Chiefly Southern US) Sickly; ill.
- Of inferior size, strength, or significance; weak:
Having a body characterized by fleshiness or softness, as from being somewhat overweight:
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- Having a body characterized by fleshiness or softness, as from being somewhat overweight:
- Lacking firmness; limp and soft; flaccid
- Soft and hanging loosely or in folds:
Lacking force; weak; feeble
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- Lacking force; weak; feeble
- Hanging in loose folds or wrinkles; soft and limp; flabby
debilitated
Showing impairment of energy or strength; enfeebled.
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- Showing impairment of energy or strength; enfeebled.
Having the qualities generally attributed to women, as weakness, timidity, delicacy, etc.; unmanly; not virile
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- Having the qualities generally attributed to women, as weakness, timidity, delicacy, etc.; unmanly; not virile
- Characterized by such qualities; weak; soft, decadent, etc.
- Having or showing qualities or characteristics more often associated with females than males; unmanly:
Easily broken; frail
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- Easily broken; frail
- Without force or effectiveness
- Having little intensity or strength; faint:
Easily led astray; morally weak.
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- Easily led astray; morally weak.
- Easily broken, shattered, damaged, or destroyed; fragile; delicate
- Slender and delicate; not robust; weak
Not strong or stable; shaky:
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- Not strong or stable; shaky:
- Weak in body or mind, especially from old age or disease.
- Not stable, firm, or sound; frail; shaky, as a structure
enervated
Weakened, debilitated or deprived of strength or vitality.
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(Geology) At the end of an erosion cycle:
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- (Geology) At the end of an erosion cycle:
- Being a disease or condition whose cause is primarily advanced age:
- Showing the marked deterioration often accompanying old age, esp. mental impairment characterized by confusion, memory loss, etc.
That will do for a while as a substitute
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- That will do for a while as a substitute
- Made to work or suffice; improvised; substituted.
- Emotionally fragile, easily offended.
- Inflexible, liable to break or snap easily under stress or pressure.
- Easily damaged or disrupted; fragile:
Lacking material substance; insubstantial.
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- Lacking material substance; insubstantial.
- Lacking basis in fact.
- Not solid or heavy; flimsy; light
Alternative spelling of jerrybuilt.
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- Alternative spelling of jerrybuilt.
- Built poorly, of cheap materials
Weak in the joints; tottering
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- Weak in the joints; tottering
- Likely to break or fall apart; shaky.
- Liable to collapse or break down because weak or unsteady
Ready to tumble down; dilapidated
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- Ready to tumble down; dilapidated
- In disrepair; poorly maintained
- Being in such bad repair as to seem in danger of collapsing; very dilapidated or rickety:
Shabby, dirty, and vulgar; tawdry:
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- Shabby, dirty, and vulgar; tawdry:
- Thin and loosely woven; flimsy:
- Flimsy or thin in texture or substance; lacking firmness
Erratic in habits, purpose, or behavior
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- Erratic in habits, purpose, or behavior
- Not even or regular; wavering:
- Not firm or stable; shaky
In disrepair or disorder; poorly maintained; lacking upkeep, usually of buildings or vehicles.
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- In disrepair or disorder; poorly maintained; lacking upkeep, usually of buildings or vehicles.
- 2012 September 7, Dominic Fifield, “England start World Cup campaign with five-goal romp against Moldova", The Guardian:
- So poorly constructed or kept up that disintegration is likely; rickety:
Having a foul odor resulting from or suggestive of decay; putrid.
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- Having a foul odor resulting from or suggestive of decay; putrid.
- Morally corrupt or despicable:
- Soft or easily broken as because of decomposition; friable
Tending to wobble; unsteady.
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- Tending to wobble; unsteady.
- Inclined to wobble; shaky
- Tending to totter.
- Alternative spelling of top-heavy.
- Likely to topple because of an uneven distribution of weight, with the majority being at the top.
- So heavy at the top relative to the base as to be likely to fall over or collapse
Cowardly; timid; shy
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- Cowardly; timid; shy
- Faint of heart; irresolute; fearful.
Unsure of how to act or proceed; undecided.
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- Unsure of how to act or proceed; undecided.
- Not resolute; wavering in decision, purpose, or opinion; indecisive; vacillating
- Lacking in resolution; indecisive.
Characterized by or having a disordered state of the nerves
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- Characterized by or having a disordered state of the nerves
- Of the nerves
- Marked by or having a feeling of unease or apprehension:
Without spines, or thorny processes
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- Without spines, or thorny processes
- Lacking a spinal column; invertebrate.
- Having a weak or flexible backbone
Having the string or strings loosened or detached, as a bow, racket, etc.
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- Having the string or strings loosened or detached, as a bow, racket, etc.
- (Informal) Emotionally upset.
- Nervous or upset; unnerved
Trembling or shaking.
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- Trembling or shaking.
- Trembling as if afflicted with palsy.
- Affected with palsy.
Irresolute or indecisive:
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- Irresolute or indecisive:
- Weak; feeble; dull
- Lacking in purpose; weak or ineffective:
Hesitating or undecided; vacillating; doubtful
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- Hesitating or undecided; vacillating; doubtful
- Inclined or tending to hesitate.
Liable to vacillate; wavering, irresolute.
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- Liable to vacillate; wavering, irresolute.
- Wavering or tending to waver in motion, opinion, etc.
Filled with fright; terrified
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- Filled with fright; terrified
Sparsely supplied or provided; scanty:
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- Sparsely supplied or provided; scanty:
- Light or sheer, as certain fabrics
- Lacking radiance or intensity:
Relatively small. Used of a cost, price, or other value:
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- Relatively small. Used of a cost, price, or other value:
- Cut to show the wearer's neck and chest; décolleté:
- Not loud; soft:
Not sharply drawn or delineated:
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- Not sharply drawn or delineated:
- Gentle; low; not loud or harsh
- Having a low or lower power of penetration:
Faint; dim:
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- Faint; dim:
- Not seen, heard, or perceived clearly; faint; dim; obscure
- Not clearly or sharply delineated:
Having little capacity to withstand pressure or strain:
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- Having little capacity to withstand pressure or strain:
- Without force or effectiveness
- Having little intensity or strength; faint:
Likely to fall into a faint; dizzy and weak:
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- Likely to fall into a faint; dizzy and weak:
- Small in degree or amount; meager:
- So weak as to be difficult to perceive;
Not clear or distinct in character; lacking definition, distinction, strength, etc.
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- Not clear or distinct in character; lacking definition, distinction, strength, etc.
- Not bright; somewhat dark
- Emitting only a small amount of light; faint:
bated
Reduced; lowered; restrained; as, to speak with bated breath.
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- Reduced; lowered; restrained; as, to speak with bated breath.
Not harsh or severe:
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- Not harsh or severe:
- Requiring relatively little equipment and using relatively simple processes to produce consumer goods:
- Low in quantity or intensity:
stifled
That has been interrupted, suppressed etc
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- That has been interrupted, suppressed etc
Not vivid; not brilliant; dim
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- Not vivid; not brilliant; dim
- Not clear or resonant:
- Not bright, vivid, or shiny:
Of a whitish or colorless complexion; pallid; wan
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- Of a whitish or colorless complexion; pallid; wan
- Feeble; weak:
- Of a low intensity of light; dim or faint:
Little in size, esp. when compared with others of the same kind; not large or big; limited in size
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- Little in size, esp. when compared with others of the same kind; not large or big; limited in size
- Having been belittled; humiliated:
- Being below average in quantity or extent:
Practically worthless; trifling; insignificant; contemptible; petty
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- Practically worthless; trifling; insignificant; contemptible; petty
- Marked by meanness or lack of generosity; contemptible:
- Very small or inadequate in amount; negligible:
Not effectual; not producing or not able to produce the desired effect
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- Not effectual; not producing or not able to produce the desired effect
- Weak; lacking forcefulness
- Lacking forcefulness or effectiveness; inadequate or incompetent:
Lacking in ability; incompetent or inadequate
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- Lacking in ability; incompetent or inadequate
- Not producing an intended effect; ineffectual:
- Not effective; not producing the desired effect; ineffectual
Not adequate to fulfill a need or meet a requirement; insufficient.
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- Not adequate to fulfill a need or meet a requirement; insufficient.
- Not adequate; unequal to the purpose; insufficient; deficient; as, inadequate resources, power, conceptions, representations, etc.
- Not adequate; not sufficient; not equal to what is required
Lacking physical strength or vigor; weak.
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- Lacking physical strength or vigor; weak.
- Unable to engage in sexual intercourse, esp. because of an inability to have or sustain an erection
- Lacking in power, as to act effectively; helpless:
ill-equipped
Poorly or inadequately equipped.
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- Poorly or inadequately equipped.
- Not properly equipped; poorly prepared
- Not well equipped; lacking important resources and supplies
insufficiently armed
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Accommodating a restricted number of passengers, making fewer stops than on the regular runs, and often charging extra fare
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- Accommodating a restricted number of passengers, making fewer stops than on the regular runs, and often charging extra fare
- Confined or restricted within certain limits:
- Of or designating a partnership in which the liability of certain of its partners is limited to the amount of their individual investments
(US, of a territory) Lacking a normal system of government.
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- (US, of a territory) Lacking a normal system of government.
- Not yet organized
- Having no regular order, system, or organization
Not subjected to discipline, control or correction; uncorrected
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Lacking training, not having been instructed in something.
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- Lacking training, not having been instructed in something.
(Bridge) Designating a team that has won one game in an ongoing rubber and hence is liable to increased penalties
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- (Bridge) Designating a team that has won one game in an ongoing rubber and hence is liable to increased penalties
- Susceptible to emotional injury, especially in being easily hurt:
- (Games) In a position to receive greater penalties or bonuses in a hand of bridge. In a rubber, used of the pair of players who score 100 points toward game.
Impromptu:
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- Impromptu:
- Not equipped to meet a contingency.
- Having made no preparations.
Lacking confidence.
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- Lacking confidence.
- Uncertain of the facts.
- Uncertain
Being in a natural condition; not processed or refined:
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- Being in a natural condition; not processed or refined:
- Not finished, covered, or coated:
- Recently finished; fresh:
Vigorous or robust:
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- Vigorous or robust:
- Not grown up; young:
- Beneficial to the environment or less harmful to the environment than others:
Having the glowing or unspoiled appearance of youth:
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- Having the glowing or unspoiled appearance of youth:
- Not worn, soiled, faded, etc.; vivid; bright; clean
- Fairly strong and often cool; brisk:
Lacking training, not having been instructed in something.
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- Lacking training, not having been instructed in something.
Newly begun or formed; not advanced:
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- Newly begun or formed; not advanced:
- Lacking experience; immature:
- Lacking experience or practice; immature; raw; ignorant; green
Slow to apprehend; having difficulties in learning.
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- Slow to apprehend; having difficulties in learning.
- Behind others in progress or development:
- Done or arranged in a manner or order that is opposite to previous occurrence or normal use.
Lacking self-confidence; plagued by anxiety:
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- Lacking self-confidence; plagued by anxiety:
- Inadequately guarded or protected; unsafe:
- Not comfortable or confident in oneself or in certain situations.
Marked by or suggesting a lack of normal maturity:
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- Marked by or suggesting a lack of normal maturity:
- Silly or childish in behavior.
- Lacking the emotional maturity, sense of responsibility, etc. characteristic of an adult, or of others one's own age
Not firm or stable; shaky
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- Not firm or stable; shaky
- Erratic in habits, purpose, or behavior
- Not even or regular; wavering:
Physically or mentally disabled:
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- Physically or mentally disabled:
- (Derogatory) Limited by an impediment of some kind.
- Intended for people who have a disability:
Easily cut, marked, shaped, or worn away, as pine wood or pure gold
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- Easily cut, marked, shaped, or worn away, as pine wood or pure gold
- Replenished by nature, or capable of being used with relatively little damage to the natural environment
- Not sharply drawn or delineated:
Not known for certain; questionable.
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- Not known for certain; questionable.
- Subject to change; variable:
- Unsteady; fitful:
Lacking a part or parts; not whole; not full
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- Lacking a part or parts; not whole; not full
- Not complete; not filled up; not finished; not having all its parts, or not having them all adjusted; imperfect; defective.
- (Botany) Of a flower, wanting any of the usual floral organs.
Not tried in court
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healthy (antonym)
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robust (antonym)
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strong (antonym)
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shatter-proof (antonym)
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sturdy (antonym)
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brave (antonym)
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courageous (antonym)
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adventurous (antonym)
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loud (antonym)
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strong (antonym)
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forceful (antonym)
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experienced (antonym)
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expert (antonym)
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trained (antonym)
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sick (related)
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Weakened, worn out, impaired, or broken down by old age, illness, or hard use.
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- Weakened, worn out, impaired, or broken down by old age, illness, or hard use.
Requiring careful or tactful treatment:
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- Requiring careful or tactful treatment:
- Easily broken or damaged:
- Marked by sensitivity of discrimination:
Easily broken; frail
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- Easily broken; frail
- Without force or effectiveness
- Having little intensity or strength; faint:
Lacking substance; tenuous or flimsy:
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- Lacking substance; tenuous or flimsy:
- Lacking physical or emotional strength; delicate:
- Physically weak; frail; delicate
Easily led astray; morally weak.
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- Easily led astray; morally weak.
- Easily broken, shattered, damaged, or destroyed; fragile; delicate
- Slender and delicate; not robust; weak
Not strong or stable; shaky:
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- Not strong or stable; shaky:
- Weak in body or mind, especially from old age or disease.
- Not stable, firm, or sound; frail; shaky, as a structure
Very small or negligible, as in importance, size, or amount:
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- Very small or negligible, as in importance, size, or amount:
- Not firm or solid; weak or flimsy:
- Not solid or firm; weak or flimsy
(Chiefly Southern US) Sickly; ill.
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- (Chiefly Southern US) Sickly; ill.
- Of inferior size, strength, or significance; weak:
In horse management an unsound horse is one suffering ill-health that affects its suitability for its intended work.
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- In horse management an unsound horse is one suffering ill-health that affects its suitability for its intended work.
- Not true or logically valid; fallacious:
- Not safe, firm, or solid; insecure
(Archaic) Alternative form of insubstantial.
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- (Archaic) Alternative form of insubstantial.
- Lacking material substance; insubstantial.
- Not solid or heavy; flimsy; light
- Frail, sickly or of a delicate constitution; weak.
- Sickly; feeble; weak
So weak as to be difficult to perceive;
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- So weak as to be difficult to perceive;
- Likely to fall into a faint; dizzy and weak:
- Lacking clarity or distinctness:
Easily broken; frail
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- Easily broken; frail
- Without force or effectiveness
- Having little intensity or strength; faint:
Weak in body or mind, especially from old age or disease.
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- Weak in body or mind, especially from old age or disease.
- Not stable, firm, or sound; frail; shaky, as a structure
- Not strong or stable; shaky:
Not comfortable or confident in oneself or in certain situations.
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- Not comfortable or confident in oneself or in certain situations.
- Not firm or fixed; unsteady:
- Lacking stability; troubled:
Subject to chance or unknown conditions:
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- Subject to chance or unknown conditions:
- Based on uncertain, unwarranted, or unproved premises:
- Dangerously lacking in security or stability:
- Tending to totter.
Erratic in habits, purpose, or behavior
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- Erratic in habits, purpose, or behavior
- Not even or regular; wavering:
- Not firm or stable; shaky
Uncertain of the facts.
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- Uncertain of the facts.
- Uncertain
- Precarious; unstable; unreliable.
Tending to wobble; unsteady.
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- Tending to wobble; unsteady.
- Inclined to wobble; shaky
Lacking support or protection:
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- Lacking support or protection:
- Impossible to control; involuntary:
- Incompetent, ineffective, or powerless
Unable to engage in sexual intercourse, esp. because of an inability to have or sustain an erection
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- Unable to engage in sexual intercourse, esp. because of an inability to have or sustain an erection
- Lacking in power, as to act effectively; helpless:
- Ineffective, powerless, or helpless
Not adequate to fulfill a need or meet a requirement; insufficient.
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- Not adequate to fulfill a need or meet a requirement; insufficient.
- Not adequate; not sufficient; not equal to what is required
- Not adequate; unequal to the purpose; insufficient; deficient; as, inadequate resources, power, conceptions, representations, etc.
Lacking the necessary ability, capacity, or power:
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- Lacking the necessary ability, capacity, or power:
- Not meeting the requirements necessary for proper legal functioning:
- Unable to perform adequately; incompetent:
- Worthless
- Weak; lacking forcefulness
- Lacking forcefulness or effectiveness; inadequate or incompetent:
Lacking legal or other authority.
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- Lacking legal or other authority.
- Lacking strength or power; helpless and totally ineffectual.
- Without power; weak, feeble, unable, not empowered, etc.
Weakened; diluted.
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- Weakened; diluted.
- Diluted
Sparsely supplied or provided; scanty:
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- Sparsely supplied or provided; scanty:
- Not dense or concentrated; sparse:
- Watery:
(Idiomatic) weakened or simplified
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- (Idiomatic) weakened or simplified
- Diminished in force or effect:
- Diluted; containing extra water
- Watery
- Resembling water; watery.
Thin; diluted
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- Thin; diluted
- Weak; insipid
- Suggestive of water, as in being thin, pale, or liquid:
Not plausible; not credible
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Unlikely to take place or be true.
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- Unlikely to take place or be true.
- Not probable; not likely to happen or be true; unlikely
- Not likely to happen.
That cannot be conceived; that cannot be thought of, understood, imagined, or believed
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- That cannot be conceived; that cannot be thought of, understood, imagined, or believed
- So unlikely or surprising as to have been thought impossible; unbelievable:
- Impossible to comprehend or grasp fully:
(Informal) Wonderful, impressive, extraordinary, etc.
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- (Informal) Wonderful, impressive, extraordinary, etc.
- Seeming too unusual or improbable to be possible
- Astonishing, extraordinary, or extreme:
Open to question or doubt:
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- Open to question or doubt:
- Not firm, substantial, or secure; weak, unsound, or unsteady
- (Of wood) Full of shakes or cracks; cracked.
Lacking resonance or fullness; tinny:
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- Lacking resonance or fullness; tinny:
- Sparsely supplied or provided; scanty:
- Watery:
Incredible; so surprising it is almost unable to believe.
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- Incredible; so surprising it is almost unable to believe.
- Implausible or improbable.
- Not to be believed; incredible:
Inconceivable:
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- Inconceivable:
- That cannot be conceived; unimaginable; inconceivable.
Lacking material substance; insubstantial.
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- Lacking material substance; insubstantial.
- (Archaic) Alternative form of insubstantial.
- Not solid or heavy; flimsy; light
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Synonym Study
- Decrepit implies a being broken down, worn out, or decayed, as by old age or long use a decrepit old pensioner, a decrepit sofa
- Infirm suggests a loss of strength or soundness, as through illness or age his infirm old grandfather
- Frail suggests an inherent or constitutional delicacy or weakness, so as to be easily broken or shattered a frail body, conscience, etc.
- Feeble suggests a pitiable weakness or ineffectiveness a feeble old man, a feeble joke
- Weak , the broadest in application of these words, basically implies a lack or inferiority of physical, mental, or moral strength a weak muscle, mind, character, foundation, excuse, etc.
Find another word for weak. In this page you can discover 159 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for weak, like: delicate, sickly, decrepit, flimsy, weak-minded, caitiff, puny, flabby, flaccid, debilitated and effeminate.
