weak force
— Noun
– English
～ (physics) an interaction between elementary particles involving neutrinos or antineutrinos that is responsible for certain kinds of radioactive decay; mediated by intermediate vector bosons
weak
— Adjective
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～ wanting in physical strength; "a weak pillar"
weak-kneed
— Adjective
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～ lacking will power or resolution; "the role of the dissenter is not for the weak-kneed"
weak
— Adjective
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～ 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"
weak
— Adjective
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～ likely to fail under stress or pressure; "the weak link in the chain"
weak
— Adjective
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～ deficient or lacking in some skill; "he's weak in spelling"
weak
— Adjective
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～ (used of verbs) having standard (or regular) inflection
weak
— Adjective
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～ tending downward in price; "a weak market for oil stocks"
weak
— Adjective
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～ deficient in intelligence or mental power; "a weak mind"
weak-stemmed
— Adjective
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～ having a weak stem
weak
— Adjective
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～ overly diluted; thin and insipid; "washy coffee"; "watery milk"; "weak tea"
weak
— Adjective
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～ 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"
weak
— Adjective
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～ (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"
weak
— Adjective
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～ not having authority, political strength, or governing power; "a weak president"
weak
— Adjective
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～ lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless"
weaken
— Verb
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～ lessen the strength of; "The fever weakened his body"
weaken
— Verb
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～ become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days"
weaken
— Verb
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～ reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of; "de-escalate a crisis"
weaken
— Verb
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～ lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall"
weaken
— Verb
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～ destroy property or hinder normal operations; "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war"