weakness
The condition of being weak.
Noun 3 meanings
The condition of being weak.
“Near-synonyms: debility, frailty, vulnerability; vincibility”
An inadequate quality; fault.
“His inability to speak in front of an audience was his weakness.”
A special fondness or obsessing desire.
“She is an athlete who has a weakness for chocolate.”
Etymology
From Middle English weyknesse, replacing earlier Middle English wocnesse, wakenes, wacnesse (“weakness”), from Old English wācnes (“weakness”). Equivalent to weak + -ness.
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WEAKNESS at a glance
WEAKNESS has 8 letters and scores 15 points in Scrabble (W 4 + E 1 + A 1 + K 5 + N 1 + E 1 + S 1 + S 1) and 16 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,190 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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