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weakened

[ US /ˈwikənd/ ]
[ UK /wˈiːkənd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. reduced in strength
    the faded tones of an old recording
  2. mixed with water
    a cup of thinned soup
    sold cut whiskey
  3. impaired by diminution
  4. made weak or weaker
  5. damaged; used of inanimate objects or their value

How To Use weakened In A Sentence

  • The currency had already been weakened after China carried out the biggest devaluation in two decades last year. Times, Sunday Times
  • All the organs of the body, the ductless glands included, are weakened.
  • The approach starts with a weakened version of a microbe called an adenovirus.
  • But it is not so clear that this weakening of states increases the possibility of the political independence or autonomy of oppressed nations within them, because the bourgeoisies of the weakened nation-states in question fight back.
  • Sterling weakened this week for two interlocking reasons. Times, Sunday Times
  • It has weakened from a hurricane to a tropical storm, thank goodness, but Ophelia is now coming right through here. The Blame Game
  • This is dangerous as some of the tyres don't go down but are weakened, which could cause blowouts.
  • A good biography is weakened by not giving the major biographical facts due prominence.
  • The gradual unfreezing of the class structure has weakened party identification and undermined tribal politics. Times, Sunday Times
  • Nassau Candy is recalling twenty-six peanut bulk products since they could be infested with salmonella, an mammal that can means critical as well as sometimes deadly infections, especially in immature children, a elderly as well as those with weakened defence systems. Archive 2009-12-01
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