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weakish

American  
[wee-kish] / ˈwi kɪʃ /

adjective

  1. rather weak.


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Etymology

Origin of weakish

First recorded in 1585–95; weak + -ish 1

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"Prigozhin would make a weakish rebel, though, with an armed force without its own independent logistic capacity."

From Reuters ● May 23, 2023

He would raise the question on a Thursday morning, and so he had not shaved since the Monday—this provided a shadow of interest across what was in truth a weakish jawline.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 8, 2018

A weakish second serve on break point lets Williams take the initiative, and that’s the early break.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 1, 2016

The film is a dullish cinematizing of Shephard Traube's weakish story, Goose Step, portraying the sufferings in a concentration camp of a group of anti-Nazis of no particular politics.

From Time Magazine Archive

The light did harshly by the bent faces of the couple and the disclosed fragment of the swathed thing was a weakish white blob.

From Ma Pettengill by Harry Leon Wilson

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