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weaknesses

NOUN

defect, proneness

Synonyms

STRONGEST

deficiency failing flaw fragility frailty gap instability lack lapse shortcoming vulnerability

STRONG

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

WEAK

Achilles heel chink in armor soft spot sore point

Antonyms

STRONGEST

advantage enough perfection plenty strength strong point success

STRONG

ability antipathy disinclination dislike hate hatred health indifference loathing robustness soundness

Example Sentences

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Last November, three reports detailed weaknesses in screening and management at the trust and were intended to provide future learning across the entire healthcare system.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

The drone intrusions have not caused victims but they have exposed weaknesses in the Latvia's air defence system.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

Sinner left Melbourne vowing to improve the weaknesses in his game that only a player like Djokovic or Alcaraz is gifted enough to exploit.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

Those earlier shocks exposed the country’s weaknesses and forced it to build the systems it used this time: large strategic stockpiles, expanded nuclear capacity and a more flexible supply base.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

Distrustful but aggressive, he was a bundle of the weaknesses and virtues of a man struggling blindly between two societies, of a man living on the margin of a culture.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright