Adjective

(er)

Lacking in force (usually strength) or ability.

* Shakespeare

a poor, infirm, weak , and despised old man

* Dryden

weak with hunger, mad with love

Unable to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain.

a weak''' timber; a '''weak rope

Unable to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion, etc.; easily impressed, moved, or overcome; accessible; vulnerable.

weak''' resolutions; '''weak virtue

* Joseph Addison, The Fair Petinent Act I, scene I:

Guard thy heart / On this weak side, where most our nature fails.

Dilute, lacking in taste or potency.

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(grammar) Displaying a particular kind of inflection, including:

# (Germanic languages, of verbs) Regular in inflection, lacking vowel changes and having a past tense with -d- or -t-.

# (Germanic languages, of nouns) Showing less distinct grammatical endings.

# (Germanic languages, of adjectives) Definite in meaning, often used with a definite article or similar word.

(physics) One of the four fundamental forces associated with nuclear decay.

(slang) Bad or uncool.

(mathematics, logic) Having a narrow range of logical consequences; narrowly applicable. (Often contrasted with a statement which implies it.)

Resulting from, or indicating, lack of judgment, discernment, or firmness; unwise; hence, foolish.

* Milton

If evil thence ensue, / She first his weak indulgence will accuse.

Not having power to convince; not supported by force of reason or truth; unsustained.

The prosecution advanced a weak case.

* Milton

convinced of his weak arguing

Lacking in vigour or expression.

a weak''' sentence; a '''weak style

Not prevalent or effective, or not felt to be prevalent; not potent; feeble.

* Shakespeare

weak prayers

(stock exchange) Tending towards lower prices.

a weak market

Adjective

(en adjective)

Fragmented, in separate pieces.

# Fractured; having the bone in pieces.

My arm is broken !

the ground was littered with broken bones

# (label) Split or ruptured.

A dog bit my leg and now the skin is broken .

# Dashed, made up of short lines with small gaps between each one and the next.

# (label) Interrupted; not continuous.

#* (rfdate), , White Fang :

Then the circle would lie down again, and here and there a wolf would resume its broken nap.

# Five-eighths to seven-eighths obscured by clouds; incompletely covered by clouds.

Tomorrow: broken skies.

Breeched; violated; not kept.

broken''' promises of neutrality'', '''''broken''' vows'', ''the '''broken covenant

Non-functional; not functioning properly.

I think my doorbell broken .

# Disconnected, no longer open or carrying traffic.

# Badly designed or implemented.

This is the most broken application I've seen in a long time.

# Grammatically non-standard, especially as a result of being a non-native speaker.

# Not having gone in the way intended; saddening.

Oh man! That is just broken !

Completely defeated and dispirited; shattered; destroyed.

The bankruptcy and divorce, together with the death of his son, left him completely broken .

Having no money; bankrupt, broke.

(en)

(label) Uneven.

* 2005 , Will Cook, Until Darkness Disappears , page 54:

All that day they rode into broken land. The prairie with its grass and rolling hills was behind them, and they entered a sparse, dry, rocky country, full of draws and short cañons and ominous buttresses.

Overpowered; overly powerful; too powerful.