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Word entry · 8 letters

weakness

Best crossword clue

"Lack of strength"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈwiːk.nɪs/Part of speech nounSorted aeeknsswStarts with WEnds with S1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. A lack of strength, power, or ability.

Word origin

From Middle English wayknesse, weykenesse, replacing earlier Middle English wocnesse, wakenes, wacnesse (“weakness”), from Old English wācnes (“weakness”). Equivalent to weak + -ness.

Used in a sentence

  • Near-synonyms: debility, frailty, vulnerability; vincibility
  • In a small number of horses, muscle weakness may progress to paralysis.
  • His inability to speak in front of an audience was his weakness.

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