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zwak bijvoeglijk naamwoord | faint [fainter, faintest](lacking strength; inclined to lose consciousness) feeble [feebler, feeblest](deficient in physical strength) flawed(having a flaw) hokey(phony, obviously of flimsy credibility) puny(of inferior size, see also: small) scrawny [scrawnier, scrawniest](thin, malnourished and weak) shabby [shabbier, shabbiest]adjective shaky [shakier, shakiest](unsound) weak [weaker, weakest](lacking in force or ability) |
zwak substantief {n} | weakness [weaknesses](special fondness) |
zwak begaafd bijvoeglijk naamwoord | feeble-minded(unintelligent) |
zwak werkwoord substantief {n} | weak verbnoun |
zwakheid substantief | foible [foibles](a weakness or failing of character) frailty [frailties](condition of being frail) |
zwakke geslacht substantief {n} | weaker sex(women regarded collectively) |
zwakke plek substantief {f} | vulnerability [vulnerabilities](state of being vulnerable) weak spot(location where the defenses are weak or the vulnerability is great) |
zwakke plek substantief {n} | hole [holes](weakness, flaw) |
zwakkeling substantief {m} | weakling [weaklings](person of weak or even sickly physical constitution) weed [weeds](informal: puny person) |
zwakste schakel substantief {m} {f} | weakest link(the part of a system that is most likely to fail or cause problems) |
zwakte substantief | weakness [weaknesses](condition of being weak) |
afzwakken werkwoord | blunt [blunted, blunting, blunts](to repress or weaken) decline [declined, declining, declines](become weaker or worse) lessen [lessened, lessening, lessens](to make less) palliate [palliated, palliating, palliates](obsolete: to lessen the severity of) |
de keten is zo sterk als haar zwakste schakel phrase | a chain is only as strong as its weakest link(aphorism) |
het zwakke geslacht substantief {n} | fair sex(women) |
maar het vlees is zwak phrase | the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak(achieving something is made impossible by frailty) |
verzwakken werkwoord | abate [abated, abating, abates](to lessen (something) in force or intensity, see also: moderate) attenuate [attenuated, attenuating, attenuates](To weaken) debilitate [debilitated, debilitating, debilitates](to make feeble; to weaken) decline [declined, declining, declines](become weaker or worse) enervate [enervated, enervating, enervates](to reduce strength or energy; debilitate) eviscerate [eviscerated, eviscerating, eviscerates](to make ineffectual or meaningless) fade [faded, fading, fades](to grow weak, lose strength) flag [flagged, flagging, flags](weaken) impair [impaired, impairing, impairs](have a diminishing effect on) impoverish [impoverished, impoverishing, impoverishes](to deprive of some strength or richness) languish [languished, languishing, languishes](to lose strength and become weak) |