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.

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