weak-willed

American  

[week-wild] / ˈwikˈwɪld /

adjective

1. having or showing a want of firmness of will; easily swayed.

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weak-willed British  

adjective

1. lacking strength of will

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Etymology

Origin of weak-willed

First recorded in 1880–85

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Example Sentences

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weak-willed

Other notable singers included bass-baritone Robert Frazier as the Rev. John Hale, who realizes the truth too late, and soprano Kresley Figueroa as the treacherously weak-willed Mary Warren.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026

And, as researchers are finding, they are already toppling the belief that obesity is simply a moral failing of the weak-willed.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2024

We should also respect present humans as rational beings capable of independent thought, rather than weak-willed zombies susceptible to crude verbal mind control.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 23, 2023

Greg — a stick-figure with Jughead-esque askew smile and a Charlie Brown wisp of hair — can be weak-willed and secretly nasty, especially toward Rowley.

From New York Times ● Dec. 3, 2021

If Jenna Fox was a weak-willed coward, I don’t want to be her at all.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson

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