weaker

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈwiːkə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈwikɚ/

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• Homophone: weeker
• Hyphenation: weak‧er

Adjective

weaker

1. comparative form of weak: more weak
   • 2024 July 24, Richard Foster, “Rail reform has never been easy”, in RAIL, number 1014, page 28:

     Yes, there were hundreds of companies in existence, but a form of natural selection was taking place. Weaker companies were swallowed up by larger ones.

2. (logic) Said of one proposition with respect to another one: that the latter entails the former, but the former does not entail the latter.

Antonyms

• stronger

Derived terms

• weaker vessel

Anagrams

• wreake, Wreake, rewake