weak

a. வலிமையற்ற, வலுக்குறைந்த, பளுத்தாங்கும் ஆற்றலில்லாத, எதிர்ப்பாற்றல் குன்றிய, உறுதியற்ற, எளிதில் வளைகிற, எளிதில் உடைகிற, எளிதில் தோல்வியுறக்கூடிய, வலிமையுடன் செயலாற்றாத, மெலிந்த, நோய் எதிர்க்கும் ஆற்றல் குன்றிய, நீராளமான, செறிவு குன்றிய, பாழ்ங்கூழான, எண்ணிக்கையில் குறைந்த, வீரமற்ற, கோழைமை வாய்ந்த, துணிபாற்றல் குன்றிய, திட்பமற்ற, எழுச்சி குன்றிய, ஊக்கங்குறைந்த, வேகங்குகறைவான, மூளை வகையில் அறவுநிலை போதாத, செயலாற்றல் குன்றிய, செல்வாக்காற்றல் போதாத, உணர்ச்சியடக்கும் ஆற்றலில்லாத, ஒழுக்கச் சோர்வான, போதிய ஆதாரம் இல்லாத, எளிதில் சோர்வுறுகிற, சீட்டாட்டக்காரர் வகையில் போதிய உயர் சீட்டுக் கைவசமாகப் பெற்றிராத, வாணிகக் கள வகையில் தேவைப்பாடு குறைந்த, விலைக்களவகையில் விலையிறங்கும் பாங்குடைய, எழுத்தாண்மை வகையில் கட்டமைப்பற்ற, எழுத்தாண்மை வகையில் பொருட் செறிவற்ற, எழுத்தாளர் வகையில் திறமையற்ற, எழுத்து நடை வகையில் சொற்சுருக்கமாற்ற, செய்யுளடி வகையில் அழுத்தமிலா அசை மீது அழுத்தம் சுமத்துகிற, செய்யுளிறுதி வகையில் அழுத்தமில் அசையில் முடிகிற, அசை வகையில் விசையழுத்தமற்ற.

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Weak, a. [Compar. Weaker; superl. Weakest.] Etym: [OE. weik, Icel. veikr; akin to Sw. vek, Dan. veg soft, flexible, pliant, AS. wac weak, soft, pliant, D. week, G. weich, OHG. weih; all from the verb seen in Icel. vikja to turn, veer, recede, AS. wican to yield, give way, G. weichen, OHG. wihhan, akin to Skr. vij, and probably to E. week, L. vicis a change, turn, Gr. Week, Wink, v. i. Vicissitude.] 1. Wanting physical strength. Specifically: -- (a) Deficient in strength of body; feeble; infirm; sickly; debilitated; enfeebled; exhausted. A poor, infirm, weak, and despised old man. Shak. Weak with hunger, mad with love. Dryden. (b) Not able to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain; as, a weak timber; a weak rope. (c) Not firmly united or adhesive; easily broken or separated into pieces; not compact; as, a weak ship. (d) Not stiff; pliant; frail; soft; as, the weak stalk of a plant. (e) Not able to resist external force or onset; easily subdued or overcome; as, a weak barrier; as, a weak fortress. (f) Lacking force of utterance or sound; not sonorous; low; small; feeble; faint. A voice not soft, weak, piping, and womanish. Ascham. (g) Not thoroughly or abundantly impregnated with the usual or required ingredients, or with stimulating and nourishing substances; of less than the usual strength; as, weak tea, broth, or liquor; a weak decoction or solution; a weak dose of medicine. (h) Lacking ability for an appropriate function or office; as, weak eyes; a weak stomach; a weak magistrate; a weak regiment, or army. 2. Not possessing or manifesting intellectual, logical, moral, or political strength, vigor, etc. Specifically: - (a) Feeble of mind; wanting discernment; lacking vigor; spiritless; as, a weak king or magistrate. To think every thing disputable is a proof of a weak mind and captious temper. Beattie. Origen was never weak enough to imagine that there were two Gods. Waterland. (b) Resulting from, or indicating, lack of judgment, discernment, or firmness; unwise; hence, foolish. If evil thence ensue, She first his weak indulgence will accuse. Milton. (c) Not having full confidence or conviction; not decided or confirmed; vacillating; wavering. Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. Rom. xiv. 1. (d) Not able to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion, etc.; easily impressed, moved, or overcome; accessible; vulnerable; as, weak resolutions; weak virtue. Guard thy heart On this weak side, where most our nature fails. Addison. (e) Wanting in power to influence or bind; as, weak ties; a weak sense of honor of duty. (f) Not having power to convince; not supported by force of reason or truth; unsustained; as, a weak argument or case. "Convinced of his weak arguing." Milton. A case so weak . . . hath much persisted in. Hooker. (g) Wanting in point or vigor of expression; as, a weak sentence; a weak style. (h) Not prevalent or effective, or not felt to be prevalent; not potent; feeble. "Weak prayers." Shak. (i) Lacking in elements of political strength; not wielding or having authority or energy; deficient in the resources that are essential to a ruler or nation; as, a weak monarch; a weak government or state. I must make fair weather yet awhile, Till Henry be more weak, and I more strong. Shak. (k) (Stock Exchange) Defn: Tending towards lower prices; as, a weak market. 3. (Gram.) (a) Pertaining to, or designating, a verb which forms its preterit (imperfect) and past participle by adding to the present the suffix - ed, -d, or the variant form -t; as in the verbs abash, abashed; abate, abated; deny, denied; feel, felt. See Strong, 19 (a). (b) Pertaining to, or designating, a noun in Anglo-Saxon, etc., the stem of which ends in -n. See Strong, 19 (b). Note: Weak is often used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, weak-eyed, weak-handed, weak-hearted, weak-minded, weak-spirited, and the like. Weak conjugation (Gram.), the conjugation of weak verbs; -- called also new, or regular, conjugation, and distinguished from the old, or irregular, conjugation. -- Weak declension (Anglo-Saxon Gram.), the declension of weak nouns; also, one of the declensions of adjectives. -- Weak side, the side or aspect of a person's character or disposition by which he is most easily affected or influenced; weakness; infirmity. -- Weak sore or ulcer (Med.), a sore covered with pale, flabby, sluggish granulations. Weak, v. t. & i. Etym: [Cf. AS. w. wacian. See Weak, a.] Defn: To make or become weak; to weaken. [R.] Never to seek weaking variety. Marston.