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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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incompetence

English

Etymology

From French incompétence.

Noun

incompetence (usually uncountable, plural incompetences)

  1. Inability to perform; lack of competence; ineptitude.
    • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:
      ... at the head of a crew, too, chiefly made up of mongrel renegades, and castaways, and cannibals--morally enfeebled also, by the incompetence of mere unaided virtue or right-mindedness in Starbuck
    • 1949, George Orwell, 1984:
      Winston did not know why Withers had been disgraced. Perhaps it was for corruption or incompetence. Perhaps Big Brother was merely getting rid of a too-popular subordinate.
    • 1974, Ursula Leguin, The Dispossessed:
      The factory where she worked was a poisonous mass of incompetence, favoritism, and sabotage.

Related terms

  • incompetent
  • competency
  • incompetency

Translations

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