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Word entry · 4 letters

weak

Best crossword clue

"Lacking strength"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /wi(ː)k/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aekwStarts with WEnds with K3 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. deficient in intelligence or mental power

Word origin

From Middle English weyk, wayk, weik, waik, borrowed from Old Norse veikr (“weak”), from Proto-Germanic *waikwaz (“weak, yielded, pliant, bendsome”), of uncertain origin.

Used in a sentence

  • “The child was too weak to move the boulder.”
  • “They easily guessed his weak computer password.”
  • “a poor, infirm, weak, and despised old man”

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer3 curated clues

01“Lacking strength”4 letters
02“Low in strength”4 letters
03“Not strong”4 letters

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