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weakly-typed

weakly-typed adjective: belonging to a type system that likely will not result in an error if a passed variable does not closely match the expected type.

Adjective

weakly-typed (not comparable)

  1. Belonging to a type system that likely will not result in an error if a passed variable does not closely match the expected type.
    • A weakly-typed language will most possibly not generate an error or refuse to compile, if the argument passed to a function does not match the expected type closely.
    Synonyms:
    loosely-typed

Synonyms of weakly-typed

Antonyms

Questions about weakly-typed

What does weakly-typed mean?
Weakly-typed means belonging to a type system that likely will not result in an error if a passed variable does not closely match the expected type.
What part of speech is weakly-typed?
Weakly-typed is an adjective.

Words near weakly-typed in the dictionary

  1. weakly cardinal
  2. weakly contractible
  3. weakly interacting massive particle
  4. weakly interacting massive particles
  5. weakly symmetric matter
  6. weakly-typed
  7. weakminded
  8. weakmindedly
  9. weakmindedness
  10. weakness
  11. weaknesse

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