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weakling

[week-ling] / ˈwik lɪŋ /


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Frankly, the dorky version of Adam is more fun than the heroic He-Man, even with Knight hammering us every minute to laugh that he’s a total weakling.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026

Former Big Ten weakling Indiana defied all conventional wisdom to become the nation’s only undefeated team and claim its first-ever No. 1 ranking.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 24, 2025

My mother was the weakling; my father was the smartest person in the room.

From Salon ● Dec. 31, 2024

“I’ve never seen anyone go after a 50-pound weakling with the same ferocity he goes after a 500-pound rhinoceros.”

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 19, 2021

“It shows you’re a weakling, Mr. President,” charged Kissinger.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

It is her way of culling the weaklings; she will care only for the cubs that survive the fall and clamber back up to the bridge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Planning is for weaklings, rational analysis is disdained, the amygdala and the gut replace the cerebral cortex.

From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2026

These are some of the self-deluded weaklings who set the tone of institutional life in much of America today.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 14, 2022

"You are weaklings who fight civilians," Mr Zelensky, who was born in Kryvyi Rih, said in his late night address on Wednesday.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2022

“Some will. Not all. We have our cowards and our knaves, our weaklings and our fools, as do they.”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin


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