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Plural of weakness

regular plural

The plural of weakness is weaknesses.

Forms of weakness

Singularweakness /ˈwiːk.nɪs/
Pluralweaknesses /ˈwiːk.nɪ.sɪz/
Countablecountable and uncountable

Weaknesses in a sentence

  • The compulsion to expose, renegotiate, or reinvent the strengths and weaknesses of dance tradition offers little in its final outcome to attract the average dance-goer.2013, Deborah Hay, My Body, The Buddhist, →ISBN, page 78
  • Once he'd spied out my weaknesses, he'd know how to apply pressure.From the entry once
  • Weaknesses in the earth’s crust allow deep-seated heat to rise nearer to the surface.From the entry deep-seated
  • We all have our own strengths and weaknesses.From the entry strength
  • My sister really did have no weaknesses except a weird, crippling fear of bananas.2021, Beth Garrod, Sister Switch, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN. From the entry bananaphobia

Meaning of weakness

  1. noun The condition of being weak.
  2. noun An inadequate quality; fault.
  3. noun A special fondness or obsessing desire.

Full definition of weakness

Questions about the plural of weakness

What is the plural of weakness?
The plural of weakness is weaknesses.
Is weakness countable?
Weakness is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: weakness (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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