weakness
weakness Lexical Profile
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• noun
The state or condition of lacking physical, structural, or mental strength, vigor, or power.
"The patient experienced severe muscle weakness during the first week of recovery."
A disadvantage, fault, or defect in a person's character, a plan, or a system that makes it less effective or vulnerable to failure.
"The audit revealed a critical weakness in the company's internal accounting procedures."
A self-indulgent, often irresistible fondness or liking for a particular person or thing.
"Despite his strict diet, he still had a weakness for freshly baked chocolate pastries."
• Rhymes for weakness
Word Origin & Etymology
Formed in Middle English as 'weiknesse', combining the adjective 'weak' (borrowed from Old Norse 'veikr', meaning pliant or yielding) with the native Old English noun-forming suffix '-ness'.