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as in thinned
containing foreign or lower-grade substances
the pharmacist, motivated by pure greed, would pass off the weakened drugs to unsuspecting customers, some of whom had life-threatening illnesses
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as in weak
lacking bodily strength
left weakened by a prolonged illness
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as in soft
lacking strength of will or character
the nation's people, weakened by years of tyranny, tended to automatically obey anyone with an authoritative manner
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as in thin
not containing very much of some important element
some experts recommend that runners drink a weakened mixture of juice and water
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as in softened
to diminish the physical strength of
weeks of hardship in the desert had greatly weakened them
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as in faded
to lose bodily strength or vigor
the bodybuilder weakened once she eased off on her workouts
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as in diluted
to alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substances
weakened the juice with too much water
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Recent Examples of weakened
Guney Yildiz, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
His party holds a commanding majority in El Salvador's and with his opponents politically weakened, there's little standing in the way of his mining agenda.
—Jesus Mesa, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
But Israeli bombardments have weakened Tehran as well as its allies in the Axis of Resistance—Lebanon's Hezbollah.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
There are obvious military effects – Russia used two bases in Syria to project strength in the Middle East – and potential repercussions for Ukraine, with Putin’s hand weakened in any future negotiations.
—Rob Picheta, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
So Iran is definitely weakened, but Iran has been resilient in the past.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
By the time Odysseus washes ashore, battered and weakened, even her son, Telemachus (Charlie Plummer), has grown tired of her indecision, hoping to move on from the limbo of waiting.
—Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
The group was further weakened by Israel’s assassination of its leader, Hassan Nasrallah, and 13 of its top commanders, as well as the rigging of thousands of Hezbollah pagers.
—Tovah Lazaroff, NBC News, 5 Dec. 2024
The labor market weakened significantly in October with only 12,000 net new jobs added during the month, and an ADP report released Wednesday showed that private payrolls grew less than expected in November.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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With Assad gone and Iran weakened, new commercial routes, reconstruction opportunities, and trade corridors beckon.
—Guney Yildiz, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
His party holds a commanding majority in El Salvador's and with his opponents politically weakened, there's little standing in the way of his mining agenda.
—Jesus Mesa, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
But Israeli bombardments have weakened Tehran as well as its allies in the Axis of Resistance—Lebanon's Hezbollah.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
There are obvious military effects – Russia used two bases in Syria to project strength in the Middle East – and potential repercussions for Ukraine, with Putin’s hand weakened in any future negotiations.
—Rob Picheta, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
So Iran is definitely weakened, but Iran has been resilient in the past.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
By the time Odysseus washes ashore, battered and weakened, even her son, Telemachus (Charlie Plummer), has grown tired of her indecision, hoping to move on from the limbo of waiting.
—Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
The group was further weakened by Israel’s assassination of its leader, Hassan Nasrallah, and 13 of its top commanders, as well as the rigging of thousands of Hezbollah pagers.
—Tovah Lazaroff, NBC News, 5 Dec. 2024
The labor market weakened significantly in October with only 12,000 net new jobs added during the month, and an ADP report released Wednesday showed that private payrolls grew less than expected in November.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for weakened
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Capasa noted that a negative third quarter impacted by weak internal demand, the slowdown of purchases from Chinese customers and overall geopolitical instability kept worsening the cautious scenario already registered in the first half of the year.Sandra Salibian, WWD, 11 Dec. 2024
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Scene-to-scene continuity is typically weak and telling.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Unwrap 1 dough log; let stand at room temperature until slightly softened, about 20 minutes.Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2024
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Just as cyclical stocks had become the clear choice into and after the election, the economic data have softened a bit from strong levels, prompting industrials and bank stocks last week to pull back 2% or so.Michael Santoli, CNBC, 7 Dec. 2024
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Since the 1950s, television, slot cars, plastic models and other diversions have diluted the attraction of model trains.George Petras, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
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The attacks, which began late last year and decreased in the spring, upended global trade – and diluted the attention of international naval forces in the region, observers say.Simone McCarthy, CNN, 6 Dec. 2024
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The antihero actioner earned a feeble $4.7 million across Friday and preview screenings from 3,211 locations.J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 14 Dec. 2024
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What a degrading finale for Biden’s feeble, forgettable, frequently foolish presidency.Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 3 Dec. 2024
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Conventional toy cars used thin, rigid steel axles and rubber tires.George Petras, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
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There’s never been a better long-form tool for exploring complex ideas than these rectangular objects made of thin wood slices (or imaginary bleeps and bloops on a Kindle).Vulture Editors, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2024
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In that way, McDonald’s became a kind of scapegoat for people who were exhausted of stretching their budgets to afford food and suspecting (not without reason) that corporate greed was at least partly to blame.Allison Morrow, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
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Because the Syrian army is exhausted and no longer has the courage to fight alone.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
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Local papers have thinned or vanished entirely.David Remnick, The New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2024
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In the intervening years, its ranks have repeatedly been thinned by Israeli assassinations of its top leaders, dating back to its earliest days.Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
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Vinegar, which is really dilute acetic acid, will help the milk curdle by further denaturing the whey proteins and neutralizing negative charges at the surface of casein micelles.Liz Roth-Johnson, Discover Magazine, 12 Feb. 2013
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However toxic a substance may be, the amount of exposure received by the general population is very dilute.George Johnson, Discover Magazine, 8 July 2013
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“Weakened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weakened. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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