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weakness
synonyms for weakness
- deficiency
- failing
- flaw
- fragility
- frailty
- gap
- instability
- lack
- lapse
- shortcoming
- vulnerability
- appetite
- blemish
- debility
- decrepitude
- delicacy
- enervation
- faintness
- fault
- feebleness
- fondness
- impairment
- imperfection
- impotence
- inclination
- inconstancy
- indecision
- infirmity
- invalidity
- irresolution
- languor
- liking
- passion
- penchant
- powerlessness
- predilection
- proclivity
- prostration
- senility
- taste
- vice
- vitiation
- Achilles heel
- chink in armor
- soft spot
- sore point
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How to use weakness in a sentence
There are some serious weaknesses in Cooper’s fledgling outing as writer and director, but these weaknesses are covered over by the galvanic chemistry between Cooper and Gaga.
Many if not all people may have very specific genetic vulnerabilities, such as weaknesses in their immune system, that go unnoticed until one particular pathogen crosses their path.
Our Genes May Explain Severity of COVID-19 and Other Infections | Monique Brouillette | July 27, 2020 | Quanta MagazineKnowing the details of your brand health will help you see the strengths and weaknesses of your branding, and help you decide on the future actions regarding it.
Seven brand health metrics and how to measure them | Aleh Barysevich | July 24, 2020 | Search Engine Watch
A side-channel attack is one that doesn’t exploit weaknesses in the underlying cryptographic system, but instead in the way it is implemented in software and hardware.
China Takes Another Step Towards Uncrackable Quantum Communication | Edd Gent | June 15, 2020 | Singularity HubPoland does, however, find “interesting” the idea that rain could cause weaknesses in the ground that lead to lava eruptions.
Did rain put the Kilauea volcano’s lava-making into overdrive? | Megan Sever | May 15, 2020 | Science News For StudentsIn fact, experts in airport security have long worried about this weakness.
A Gift to the Jihadis: The Unseen Airport Security Threat | Clive Irving | December 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTKoenig apologies for what she seems to treat as a sign of weakness.
Adnan Killed Her! No, Jay Did It! Serial’s Uncertain, True-to-Reality End | Emily Shire | December 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe became extremely unpopular and was widely blamed for the King's growing weakness as he aged.
The Sex Life of King Richard III's Randy Great Great Great Grandfather | Tom Sykes | December 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA situation like the current one is likely to accentuate his weakness.
After the Israel Synagogue Massacre: A New Intifada? | Michael Tomasky | November 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTYes, 2014 was a big Republican win, but this idea that Obama showed exceptional weakness in the midterms is simply inaccurate.
More foolish, more culpable weakness was never shown than in thus yielding to these schemes.
Elster's Folly | Mrs. Henry WoodHe was guilty of the weakness of taking refuge in what is called, I believe, in legal phrase, a side-issue.
Confidence | Henry JamesAllcraft winced, as every syllable made known the speaker's actual strength—his own dependence and utter weakness.
Cleverly though they manipulate, cleanliness is not their besetting weakness.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.Again, he may grow faint and dizzy when he has climbed only a part of the way, or he may lose his hold from very weakness.
Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin | Mary Hazelton Wade
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