weak-willed
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of weak-willed
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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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
“Succession” is the story of an overbearing right-wing media mogul and his weak-willed children.
From New York Times ● Oct. 29, 2020
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
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