weak

[US]/wiːk/
[UK]/wik/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. kulang sa lakas; madaling mapinsala; kulang sa enerhiya; madaling matalo; hindi gumagana nang maayos; mahina; mapurol; hindi perpekto.
Word Forms
Superlativeweakest
Comparativeweaker

Phrases & Collocations

weak point

mahina na punto

weak link

mahina na link

weak force

mahina na pwersa

weak acid

mahina na asido

weak rock

mahina na bato

weak spot

mahina na lugar

weak market

mahina na pamilihan

weak light

mahina na ilaw

weak form

mahina na anyo

weak current

mahina na agos

weak coupling

mahina na pagkabit

weak base

mahina na base

weak solution

mahina na solusyon

weak tea

mahina na tsaa

weak earthquake

mahina na lindol

Example Sentences

to be weak in English

maging mahina sa Ingles

a weak student; weak in math.

isang mahinang estudyante; mahina sa matematika.

a weak and ineffective president.

Isang mahina at hindi epektibong pangulo.

a very weak speller.

isang napakahinang tumutukoy ng mga letra.

a weak and washy production.

isang mahina at mapusyaw na produksyon.

a weak magnetic field.

isang mahinang magnetic field.

a cup of weak coffee.

isang tasa ng mahinang kape.

a weak link in a chain.

isang mahinang punto sa isang kadena.

That was an incredibly weak answer.

Iyon ay isang napakahinang sagot.

a weak, scraggy animal

isang mahina, payat na hayop

he had a weak stomach.

mahina ang kanyang tiyan.

the argument is an extremely weak one.

Ang argumento ay lubhang mahina.

a weak flicker of hope

isang mahinang pag-asa.

She is a girl of weak apprehension.

Siya ay isang dalaga na mahina ang pangamba.

Real-world Examples

Protect the weak and uphold the good.

Protektahan ang mahina at itaguyod ang kabutihan.

Source: Game of Thrones Season 3

'I know I'm very ill, ' she said weakly.

'Alam kong ako'y may sakit,' mahina niyang sinabi.

Source: Jane Eyre (Abridged Version)

Only Constantinople holds out, getting weaker and weaker.

Tanging Constantinople lamang ang lumalaban, lalo pang humihina.

Source: The school of life

Jesus. - ...and that the president's jaw-droppingly weak.

Hesus. - ...at iyon ay napakahina ng pangulo.

Source: newsroom

The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.

Handa ang espiritu ngunit mahina ang laman.

Source: IELTS vocabulary example sentences

They can also have residual arm or leg weakness.

Maaari rin silang magkaroon ng natitirang panghihina sa braso o binti.

Source: Osmosis - Nerve

But then they are many times almost too weak to survive.

Ngunit madalas silang mahina upang mabuhay.

Source: National Geographic (Children's Section)

I've injected you with enough vervain to keep you weak.

Ininikta kita ng sapat na vervain upang manatili kang mahina.

Source: The Vampire Diaries Season 1

The economy added 113,000 jobs in January, economists call that weak.

Nagdagdag ang ekonomiya ng 113,000 trabaho noong Enero, mahina iyon ayon sa mga ekonomista.

Source: CNN Listening February 2014 Collection

Weak desires bring weak results, so what is your burning desire?

Ang mahinang mga pagnanais ay nagdadala ng mahinang mga resulta, kaya ano ang iyong naglalayong pagnanais?

Source: Essential Reading List for Self-Improvement

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