as in faults
a defect in character
his one weakness is his cockeyed optimism about everything
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Recent Examples of weaknesses
With cybercriminals already having stolen over $2 billion in 2025, according to DeFiLlama, a 77% increase from 2024, the weaknesses of the DeFi ecosystem continue to prove lucrative for hackers and other criminal elements.
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Sean Stein Smith, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
But football evolves, and opponents will work out a team’s strengths and turn them into weaknesses.
—Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
But scholars in the field have pointed to significant methodological weaknesses in many of these research papers.
—Brian W. Stone, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2025
The memo comes from a group with close ties to Senate Majority Leader John Thune, according to Punchbowl, potentially showing weaknesses or a lack of GOP confidence in Brown as a candidate.
—Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
The weaknesses have been narrowed down.
—Dan Cancian, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Longer term, the Lakers (20-15) still need to make a trade or two to try addressing weaknesses.
—Jovan Buha, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
One of the Giants’ weaknesses is their starting lineup.
—Hank Gola, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2025
Sean Stein Smith, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
But football evolves, and opponents will work out a team’s strengths and turn them into weaknesses.
—Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
But scholars in the field have pointed to significant methodological weaknesses in many of these research papers.
—Brian W. Stone, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2025
The memo comes from a group with close ties to Senate Majority Leader John Thune, according to Punchbowl, potentially showing weaknesses or a lack of GOP confidence in Brown as a candidate.
—Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
The weaknesses have been narrowed down.
—Dan Cancian, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Longer term, the Lakers (20-15) still need to make a trade or two to try addressing weaknesses.
—Jovan Buha, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
One of the Giants’ weaknesses is their starting lineup.
—Hank Gola, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for weaknesses
Noun
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The defroster and defogger system shuts off during certain HVAC system faults, such as electrical compressor failure, due to the programming of the HVAC and ECU software, according to the recall report.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
15 Sep. 2025
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The Venezuelan government’s faults abound.—
Gisela Salim-Peyer,
The Atlantic,
12 Sep. 2025
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The current Razorback defenders are well aware of the shortcomings in last year’s game.—
Tom Murphy,
Arkansas Online,
12 Sep. 2025
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The shoddy work and questionable conclusions of that report were so extensive that an analysis of it required over 450 pages to detail all of its shortcomings.—
Nate Anderson,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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Among dentists, it's treated as one of the great sins, right up there with sugar before bed or smoking cigarettes.—
Tiana Randall,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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But after Davina publicly accuses Julia mid-labor of seducing Lord Lovat, the group of women suddenly turn on Julia, yelling at her to repent her sins and repeatedly questioning her about the paternity of her child.—
Max Gao,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Sep. 2025
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Aside from not having Worthy, the most significant concern for the Chiefs coming out of Brazil was deficiencies in the pass defense, which saw Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert throw for 318 yards and three touchdowns.—
Pete Sweeney,
Kansas City Star,
11 Sep. 2025
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The 2024 report is based on information from 77,688 containers inspected, where 8,850 were found to have deficiencies.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
10 Sep. 2025
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If the continuity, cohesion and familiarity offered by those who stayed does not prove enough to keep Leeds in the league, the inability to sell efficiently in the summer window will be seen as one of the failings.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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Thailand under Anutin will try to depart from Pheu Thai’s failings as much as possible, says Cogan.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Weaknesses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weaknesses. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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