weak

IPA: wˈik

Lacking in force (usually strength) or ability.
Unable to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain.
Unable to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion, etc.; easily impressed, moved, or overcome; accessible; vulnerable.
(often with for) Having a strong, irrepressible emotional love for someone or (less often) something; sentimentally affected by such love.
Dilute, lacking in taste or potency.
(grammar) Displaying a particular kind of inflection, including:
(Germanic languages, of verbs) Regular in inflection, lacking vowel changes and having a past tense with -d- or -t-.
(Germanic languages, of nouns) Showing less distinct grammatical endings.
(Germanic languages, of adjectives) Definite in meaning, often used with a definite article or similar word.
(chemistry) That does not ionize completely into anions and cations in a solution.
(physics) One of the four fundamental forces associated with nuclear decay.
(slang) Bad or uncool.
(mathematics, logic) Having a narrow range of logical consequences; narrowly applicable. (Often contrasted with a strong statement which implies it.)
Resulting from, or indicating, lack of judgment, discernment, or firmness; unwise; hence, foolish.
Not having power to convince; not supported by force of reason or truth; unsustained.
Lacking in vigour or expression.
Not prevalent or effective, or not felt to be prevalent; not potent; feeble.
(stock exchange) Tending towards lower prices.
(photography) Lacking contrast.

Examples of "weak" in Sentences

For the sore itself, apply weak vinegar or _very weak_ ACETIC ACID (_see_), and
They remember that concern for the weak is at the heart of Biblical religious tradition.
Regarding the reception of the infirm, he might have exclaimed with St. Paul: _Who is weak and I am not weak_?
She suddenly realized that if she had not been sitting down, she would have learned the true meaning of the phrase weak in the knees.
II. iv.204 (388,1) I pray you, father, being weak, seem so] [W: deem't so] The meaning is, since _you are weak_, be content to think yourself weak.
I was afraid to say it in there -- I am so weak for you, Prue -- I ache so for you in all this trouble -- why, if I could feel your hands in my hair, I'd laugh at it all -- I'm so _weak_ for you, dearest. "
At the same time, he acknowledges several potential problems - including the fact that China is a developing country with a large population and what he calls a "weak economic foundation and uneven development".
It is that danger which Paul is thinking of when he tells the elders that by 'labouring' they 'ought to support the weak'; for by _weak_ he means not the poor, but those imperfect disciples who might be repelled or made to stumble by the sight of greed in an elder.