weak-willed

[ week-wild ]

adjective

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

weak-willed

adjective

1. lacking strength of will

Word History and Origins

Origin of weak-willed¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

If Ryan does bend, he risks looking like another weak-willed politico to the Tea Party faithful.

From The Daily Beast

LACOB: A massive fail, because it makes Maggie further read as weak-willed and rather pathetic.

From The Daily Beast

But he was to find himself under a spell such as is said to bring the weak-willed bird to the serpent's maw.

From Project Gutenberg

Unmarried mothers are overwhelmingly preponderant among the frivolous and weak-willed.

From Project Gutenberg

Temptations to which the weak-willed succumb do not affect the strong-willed.

From Project Gutenberg

These traits and foibles made both peculiarly liable to the temptations which assail pleasure-loving and weak-willed boys.

From Project Gutenberg

It is not easy to decide what shall be done with the poor, the unfortunate, and the weak-willed members of society.

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