débil
= powerless, flimsy [flimsier -comp., flimsiest -sup.], shaky [shakier -comp., shakiest -sup.], weak [weaker -comp., weakest -sup.], fragile, spineless, feeble, effete, faint, frail, feckless, thin [thinner -comp., thinnest -sup.], weakling, runt, nesh, weedy [weedier -comp., weediest -sup.].
Ex: In a world divided by ideology, by trade barriers, by military threats and nuclear fears, we librarians are not powerless.
Ex: Many paperbacks actually stand up to this usage better than the flimsy hardback covers now being produced.
Ex: The subdivision "Discovery and Exploration" under geographic names reinforces the popularly held notion that the world outside Western Europe had no history -- and only a shaky hold on existence -- before it was "discovered" by Western Europeans.
Ex: Problems arise from weak or outmoded structuring of subjects in the schedules of DC.
Ex: The material which carries the message is fragile.
Ex: To call a supervisor 'spineless" is to tag him as weak and therefore unfair to his really good employees.
Ex: Mearns warns us, "Recollection is treacherous; it is usually too broad or too narrow for another's use; and what is more serious, it is frequently undependable and worn and feeble".
Ex: Some teachers argue against book clubs, claiming that they bring together only a certain kind of avid reader, the literary equivalent of the religiously effete and over-pious.
Ex: As more and more copies are produced, so the amount of dye on the master is reduced layer by layer until the image on the copy paper becomes quite faint.
Ex: Previous research has demonstrated that frail elderly living in subsidized high-rise apartments have greater unmet needs than elderly who reside in traditional community housing.
Ex: The author wrings sick humor from its feckless heroes" forlorn attempts to escape from a drug habit that they do not really enjoy any longer.
Ex: Although it may be a bit thin in its use of standard academic sources of information, it is exceedingly strong on insider information and personal interviews.
Ex: According to Safire, when a slice a cake was put before him Putin said "Sweets are for weaklings and children".
Ex: Under the same regimens of treatment the number of runts produced varied from none to as much as 80 per cent of the litter.
Ex: Usually, half of us would sleep on the ground outside and the other half would go for the nesh option of sleeping in a tent or hut.
Ex: Shock as boofy blokes beat weedy intellectual in popularity contest.
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* alto y débil = spindly [spindlier -comp., spindliest -sup.].
* débil de salud = poor health.
* débiles, los = little guy, the.
* en el momento más débil de Alguien = at + Posesivo + weakest.
* hacerse el débil = sandbagging.
* luz débil = glimmer.
* más débil de la camada, el = runt of the litter, the.
* más débil del grupo, el = runt of the litter, the.
* punto débil = blind spot.
* punto débil, el = chink in the armour, the.
* ser el punto más débil de Alguien = be at + Posesivo + weakest.