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
Meanwhile, his cult is such that defenders are dismissing his alleged victims as weak-willed crybabies.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 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
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
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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