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

Example Sentences

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

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

The performers fling themselves into dumb and painful stunts on purpose, and blissfully weak-willed audience members cackle knowing that their laughter is proof that they haven’t grown up either.

From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2022

"I was weak-willed at the time," he says.

From BBC • Nov. 9, 2015

For only an instant he glimpsed, at the center of the man’s weak-willed soul, a great kindness.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer