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weakness

English

Alternative forms

  • weakenes (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English weykenesse; equivalent to weak +? -ness.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?wi?k.n?s/

Noun

weakness (countable and uncountable, plural weaknesses)

  1. (uncountable) The condition of being weak.
  2. (countable) An inadequate quality; fault
  3. (countable) A special fondness or desire.

Synonyms

  • (condition of being weak): frailty, powerlessness, vincibility, vulnerability
  • (fault): fault, defect, flaw, hole

Antonyms

  • (condition of being weak): strength, durability, invincibility, powerfulness
  • (fault): strength, forte

Translations

Further reading

  • weakness in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • weakness in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

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incapacity

English

Etymology

in- (“negative”) +? capacity

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??nk??pæs?ti/

Noun

incapacity (countable and uncountable, plural incapacities)

  1. The lack of a capacity; an inability.
    • 1605, Francis Bacon, The Advancement of Learning:
      So that it is not the insufficiency or incapacity of man's mind, but it is the remote standing or placing thereof that breedeth these mazes and incomprehensions;
  2. Legal disqualification.

See also

  • inoperancy

Translations

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