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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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Friend of Slate Aliza Shatzman, president and founder of the Legal Accountability Project, writes how this case shows weaknesses that Congress should have fixed long ago with legislation and oversight.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

Chris Sutton: I worry a bit about England's defence, but you go through their team and they don't have too many weaknesses.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Testing during the project showed that AI systems could identify individual vulnerabilities and instantly link separate, minor weaknesses into viable avenues of attack.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

But while the Los Alamos team was developing algorithms for scientific visualization, they found that the mathematics behind the model had important weaknesses.

From Science Daily • Jun. 7, 2026

Beowulf was the rare kind of person who makes strength of his own weaknesses.

From "Beowulf: A New Telling" by Robert Nye