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# weakling

noun (weaklings)

«weakling» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A weakling is a person or animal with little strength, who is easily beaten or looked down on. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weakling/#m1)

### In the lessons

a weak, feeble person who cannot do hard work, often used to mock someone

### Examples

- Of what use can you be, weaklings as you are! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weakling/#x1)
- The bully called him a weakling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weakling/#x2)
- Only a weakling gives up at the first hill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weakling/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «weakling» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weakling/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«weakling» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/weakling.html) on Mova free.