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How to spell weak

Weak is spelled W-E-A-K.

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What it means: Lacking strength or power.

In a sentence: The kitten was too weak to climb the tree.

Not to be confused with: week, a different word.

Same family: weakness, weaken, weakest, weakly. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Weak” comes from Old Norse “veikr,” meaning ‘sickly’ or ‘without strength.’ Over time, English kept the idea of lacking strength but now also uses it for things like weak arguments, weak light, or weak sounds.

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