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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | vulnerable point |
| Synonyms: | chink in the armor, damaging weakness, defect, failing, flaw, foible, frailty, handicap, heel of Achilles, susceptibility, tender spot, vulnerability, weak link, weak spot, weakness |
| Main Entry: | delicateness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | frailness |
| Synonyms: | debility, decrepitude, delicacy, feebleness, fragileness, fragility, frailty, unsoundness, weakliness, weakness |
| Main Entry: | enervation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | debilitation |
| Synonyms: | attenuation, debility, depletion, devitalization, enfeeblement, exhaustion, feebleness, frailness, frailty, weakening, weakness |
| Main Entry: | enfeeblement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | debilitation |
| Synonyms: | attenuation, debility, depletion, devitalization, enervation, exhaustion, feebleness, frailness, frailty, weakening, weakness |
| Main Entry: | flimsiness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | weakness |
| Synonyms: | delicacy, delicateness, feebleness, flaw, fragileness, fragility, frailness, frailty, insubstantiality, shoddiness, shortcoming, unsoundness, unsubstantiality |
| Main Entry: | fragileness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | frailness |
| Synonyms: | debility, decrepitude, delicacy, delicateness, enfeeblement, feebleness, flimsiness, fragility, frailty, infirmity, unsoundness, weakliness, weakness |
| Main Entry: | frailness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fragileness |
| Synonyms: | debility, decrepitude, delicacy, delicateness, enfeeblement, feebleness, flimsiness, fragility, frailty, infirmity, unsoundness, weakliness, weakness |
| Main Entry: | incapability |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inability |
| Synonyms: | disqualification, failure, frailty, impotence, inadequacy, inaptitude, incapacitation, incapacity, incompetence, incompetency, ineffectiveness, ineffectualness, inefficacy, inefficiency, ineptitude, ineptness, insufficiency, inutility, lack, necessity, powerlessness, shortcoming, unfitness, weakness* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | incompetency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inability |
| Synonyms: | disqualification, failure, frailty, impotence, inadequacy, inaptitude, incapability, incapacitation, incapacity, incompetence, ineffectiveness, ineffectualness, inefficacy, inefficiency, ineptitude, ineptness, insufficiency, inutility, lack, necessity, powerlessness, shortcoming, unfitness, weakness* |
| Notes: | incompetence is unacceptable levels of performance; incompetency is insanity or inability to stand trial or testify |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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