Wrong and Weak

wrong

noun

That which is contrary to the principles of justice or law.
- usage: "he feels that you are in the wrong"
- synonyms: wrongfulness
Any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right.
- synonyms: legal injury, damage

verb

Treat unjustly; do wrong to.

adjective

Not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth.
- usage: "an incorrect calculation"; "the report in the paper is wrong"; "your information is wrong"; "the clock showed the wrong time"; "found themselves on the wrong road"; "based on the wrong assumptions"
- synonyms: incorrect
Contrary to conscience or morality or law.
- usage: "it is wrong for the rich to take advantage of the poor"; "cheating is wrong"; "it is wrong to lie"
Not appropriate for a purpose or occasion.
- usage: "said all the wrong things"
- synonyms: improper
Not functioning properly.
- usage: "something is amiss"; "has gone completely haywire"; "something is wrong with the engine"
- synonyms: amiss, awry, haywire
Based on or acting or judging in error.
- usage: "it is wrong to think that way"
Not in accord with established usage or procedure.
- usage: "the wrong medicine"; "the wrong way to shuck clams"; "it is incorrect for a policeman to accept gifts"
- synonyms: incorrect
Used of the side of cloth or clothing intended to face inward.
- usage: "socks worn wrong side out"
Badly timed.
- usage: "an ill-timed intervention"; "you think my intrusion unseasonable"; "an untimely remark"; "it was the wrong moment for a joke"
- synonyms: ill-timed, unseasonable, untimely
Characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules.
- usage: "he submitted a faulty report"; "an incorrect transcription"; the wrong side of the road"
- synonyms: faulty, incorrect

adverb

In an inaccurate manner.
- usage: "he decided to reveal the details only after other sources had reported them incorrectly"; "she guessed wrong"
- synonyms: incorrectly, wrongly

(a.) Not fit or suitable to an end or object; not appropriate for an intended use; not according to rule; unsuitable; improper; incorrect; as, to hold a book with the wrong end uppermost; to take the wrong way.
(a.) Designed to be worn or placed inward; as, the wrong side of a garment or of a piece of cloth.
(a.) Whatever deviates from moral rectitude; usually, an act that involves evil consequences, as one which inflicts injury on a person; any injury done to or received from; another; a trespass; a violation of right.
(adv.) In a wrong manner; not rightly; amiss; morally ill; erroneously; wrongly.
(a.) Deviation or departure from truth or fact; state of falsity; error; as, to be in the wrong.
(a.) Nonconformity or disobedience to lawful authority, divine or human; deviation from duty; -- the opposite of moral right.
(v.t.) To treat with injustice; to deprive of some right or to withhold some act of justice from; to do undeserved harm to; to deal unjustly with; to injure.
(v.t.) To impute evil to unjustly; as, if you suppose me capable of a base act, you wrong me.
(a.) That which is not right.
(a.) Not according to the laws of good morals, whether divine or human; not suitable to the highest and best end; not morally right; deviating from rectitude or duty; not just or equitable; not true; not legal; as, a wrong practice; wrong ideas; wrong inclinations and desires.
(a.) Not according to truth; not conforming to fact or intent; not right; mistaken; erroneous; as, a wrong statement.
imp. of Wring. Wrung.
(a.) Twisted; wry; as, a wrong nose.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

weak

adjective

Wanting in physical strength.
- usage: "a weak pillar"
Overly diluted; thin and insipid.
- usage: "washy coffee"; "watery milk"; "weak tea"
- synonyms: watery, washy
Used of vowels or syllables. ( pronounced with little or no stress)
- usage: "a syllable that ends in a short vowel is a light syllable"; "a weak stress on the second syllable"
- synonyms: unaccented, light
Wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e. G. Divine beings.
- usage: "I'm only a fallible human"; "frail humanity"
- synonyms: fallible, frail, imperfect
Tending downward in price.
- usage: "a weak market for oil stocks"
Deficient or lacking in some skill.
- usage: "he's weak in spelling"
Lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality.
- usage: "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless"
- synonyms: decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weakly
Used of verbs) having standard (or regular) inflection. (
Not having authority, political strength, or governing power.
- usage: "a weak president"
Deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc.
- usage: "a faint outline"; "the wan sun cast faint shadows"; "the faint light of a distant candle"; "weak colors"; "a faint hissing sound"; "a faint aroma"; "a weak pulse"
- synonyms: faint
Likely to fail under stress or pressure.
- usage: "the weak link in the chain"
Deficient in intelligence or mental power.
- usage: "a weak mind"

(a.) Tending toward a lower price or lower prices; as, wheat is weak; a weak market.
(a.) Lacking in good cards; deficient as to number or strength; as, a hand weak in trumps.
(a.) Lacking contrast; as, a weak negative.
(v.i.) Not thoroughly or abundantly impregnated with the usual or required ingredients or with stimulating and nourishing substances; of less than the usual strength; as, weak tea, broth or liquor; a weak decoction or solution; a weak dose of medicine.
(v.i.) Pertaining to or designating, a noun in Anglo-Saxon, etc., the stem of which ends in -n. See Strong, 19 (b).
(v.i.) Not firmly united or adhesive; easily broken or separated into pieces; not compact; as, a weak ship.
(v.i.) Lacking force of utterance or sound; not sonorous; low; small; feeble; faint.
(v.i.) Not having power to convince; not supported by force of reason or truth; unsustained; as, a weak argument or case.
(v.i.) Not able to sustain a great weight, pressure or strain; as, a weak timber; a weak rope.
(v.i.) Wanting physical strength.
(v.i.) Not able to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion, etc.; easily impressed, moved or overcome; accessible; vulnerable; as, weak resolutions; weak virtue.
(v.i.) Wanting in power to influence or bind; as, weak ties; a weak sense of honor of duty.
(v.i.) Not able to resist external force or onset; easily subdued or overcome; as, a weak barrier; as, a weak fortress.
(v.i.) Not possessing or manifesting intellectual, logical, moral or political strength, vigor, etc.
(v.i.) Wanting in point or vigor of expression; as, a weak sentence; a weak style.
(v.i.) Pertaining to or designating, a verb which forms its preterit (imperfect) and past participle by adding to the present the suffix -ed, -d or the variant form -t; as in the verbs abash, abashed; abate, abated; deny, denied; feel, felt. See Strong, 19 (a).
(v.i.) Lacking ability for an appropriate function or office; as, weak eyes; a weak stomach; a weak magistrate; a weak regiment or army.
(v.i.) Not stiff; pliant; frail; soft; as, the weak stalk of a plant.
(v.i.) Not prevalent or effective or not felt to be prevalent; not potent; feeble.
(v.i.) Not having full confidence or conviction; not decided or confirmed; vacillating; wavering.
(v.i.) Resulting from or indicating, lack of judgment, discernment or firmness; unwise; hence, foolish.
(v.i.) Deficient in strength of body; feeble; infirm; sickly; debilitated; enfeebled; exhausted.
(v.i.) Tending towards lower prices; as, a weak market.
(v.i.) Lacking in elements of political strength; not wielding or having authority or energy; deficient in the resources that are essential to a ruler or nation; as, a weak monarch; a weak government or state.
(v.i.) Feeble of mind; wanting discernment; lacking vigor; spiritless; as, a weak king or magistrate.
(a.) To make or become weak; to weaken.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

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