Definition: 1. A flaw or weak point. 2. Powerlessness revealed by an inability to act. 3. The property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain. 4. The condition of being financially weak. 5. A penchant for something even though it might not be good for you.
Use 'weakness' in a sentence:
1. Drinking is his weakness.
2. Species interdependence in nature confers many benefits on the species involved, but it can also become a point of weakness when one species involved in the relationship is affected by a catastrophe.
3. Begin to train your brain to look at strength before weakness.
4. These pseudo-apologies are used by people who believe saying sorry shows weakness.
5. If she has any weakness, it is her Italian.
6. I want to acquaint myself with your strengths and weaknesses.
7. He might have let something slip in a moment of weakness.
8. This can lead to bodily weakness and muscle wastage.
9. Flu-like symptoms develop, e.g. diarrhea, nausea, fever, confusion, dizziness, weakness, and generally feeling bad.
10. We should know our strength and weakness.
11. To start with, people should know that seeking help is a normal need instead of a sign of weakness.
12. Its effects on the nervous system include weakness, paralysis, and tingling in the hands and feet.
13. You should know your weakness.
14. His only weakness is his temperament.
15. Take into account your own strengths and weaknesses.
16. The young deer lost his life because he didn't know his strength and weakness.
17. The king was suffering from cardiac weakness.
18. If the handshake is weak, it is a sign of weakness or unfriendliness.
19. I was once ashamed to admit my weakness, but now I have no such feeling and I save myself much discomfort.
20. A recurring criticism of the UK's university sector is its perceived weakness in translating new knowledge into new products and services.
21. An increase in involuntary part-time work is evidence of weakness in the labor market and it means that many people will be having a very hard time making ends meet.
22. Humility requires you to recognize weakness in your own arguments and sometimes also to accept reasons on the opposite side.
23. She wants to acquaint herself with your strengths and weaknesses.
24. Either from pain or weakness, he fell to the floor in a dead faint.
25. George Fodor points to other weaknesses in the way the campaign has progressed.
26. Stephen himself had a weakness for cats.
27. The drow, on the other hand, permit no such weakness of thought, as they see it.
28. They were all ashamed of their weakness, and none was brave enough to speak his thought.
29. His one weakness, apart from aeroplanes, is ice cream.
30. The Treasury had been blaming the pound's weakness on the backwash from the falling dollar.
31. These weaknesses negated his otherwise progressive attitude towards the staff.
32. In such a context, what is recognized as "dependency" in Western psychiatric terms is not, in Korean terms, an admission of weakness or failure.
33. Sickness is not weakness. We must fight back!
34. The country's economic problems are largely due to the weakness of the recovery.
35. Do not take our restraint for a sign of weakness.
36. Tom succeeded in his efforts to overcome his fatal weakness.
37. Thus, they learn early to hide vulnerable emotions such as love, joy, and sadness because they believe that such feelings are feminine and imply weakness.
38. He is consciously trying to overcome his weakness.
39. Early symptoms include anorexia, muscular weakness and fatigue.
40. She was plagued by weakness, fatigue, and dizziness.
41. Which is considered a weakness of the city-level measures to tackle dirty air?
42. The article predicates that the market collapse was caused by weakness of the dollar.
43. I would overcome any weakness, any despair, any fear.
44. The sudden weakness in her legs made her stumble.
45. Indeed, this period of economic weakness may reinforce class divides, and decrease opportunities to cross them—especially for young people.
46. It's important to know your own strengths and weaknesses.
47. We are learning to step back from ourselves and identify our strengths and weaknesses.
48. He has a weakness for chocolate.
49. Can you spot the weakness in her argument?
50. He thought that crying was a sign of weakness.
51. They have the usual quota of human weaknesses, no doubt.
52. The newspapers were full of moral outrage at the weakness of other countries.
53. To make members of a team perform better, the trainer, first of all, has to know their strength and weakness.
54. Take your weaknesses and translate them into positives.
55. Simpson's ruthless ambition and weakness for self-promotion has not made him the most popular journalist in the BBC.
