weak

The child was too weak to move the boulder.

a weak timber; a weak rope

weak resolutions; weak virtue

That the young Mr. Churchills liked—but they did not like him coming round of an evening and drinking weak whisky-and-water while he held forth on railway debentures and corporation loans. Mr. Barrett, however, by fawning and flattery, seemed to be able to make not only Mrs. Churchill but everyone else do what he desired.

a weak acid; a weak base

This place is weak.

If evil thence ensue, / She first his weak indulgence will accuse.

The prosecution advanced a weak case.

a weak sentence; a weak style

Thy threats have no more strength than her weak prayers.

a weak market; wheat is weak at present

a weak negative