Against such an enemy, the unconscious weakening on the rock there, quietly blowing his cigar, would have no chance. The man who pays in advance is weak, he is afraid of himself, he is afraid of not being able to hold the money. These sample sentences are automatically selected from various online information sources to reflect the current use of the word “weak.” The views expressed in the examples do not represent the views of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us your feedback. Lyn was not a chicken-hearted weakling who sat and cried in vain in case of danger. Should hawks be justified in their view of the president (or any Democrat) as a foreign policy weakling? She comes to the single man as she came to me and asks me: Is she a valued weakness or an equal companion, an inevitable help? And no wonder they despise Obama, whom they see as a weakling, a loser and a repellent. After that, she did everything she could to show the world that she had chosen a man over a weak one. (either Harris-meant or huh-rass-meant) n. the act of systematic and/or continuous unwanted and annoying actions of a party or group, including threats and demands. Goals may vary, including racial bias, personal malice, trying to force someone to quit a job or grant sexual favors, illegally pressuring to collect a bill, or simply taking sadistic pleasure in making someone anxious or anxious.
Such activities may form the basis of a lawsuit if they involve revenge on an ex-spouse due to racial or sexual discrimination, violation of legal restrictions on debt collection agencies, or prove to be a form of blackmail (“I will stop harassing you if you go to bed with me”). The victim may file a request for “stay away” (injunction) to prevent contact with the offending party. Systematic harassment by one employee of another employee may expose the employer to a claim for lack of employee protection. As a child, she thought Ethelred was a weak whiner that she beat him regularly, candles being her weapon of choice. Join our community to access the latest language learning and assessment tips from Oxford University Press! Find out which words work together and create more natural English with the Oxford Collocations Dictionary app. Find the answers online with Practical English Usage, your go-to guide to problems in English. As the weak guy that I am, I think I`ll give Clinton the benefit of the doubt one last time.
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