The phrase "a weak explanation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an explanation that lacks clarity, detail, or convincing arguments.
Example: "The professor dismissed the student's argument, stating that it was merely a weak explanation for his lack of preparation."
Alternatives: "a poor justification" or "an inadequate rationale".
But a Sanders campaign video released on Friday shows that is what he has always been: In the last debate, Sanders let Clinton get away with what many regarded as a weak explanation for her 2002 Senate vote in favor of an authorization to use military force in Iraq.
His apology is a weak explanation of his good intentions but doesn't take responsibility for his bad actions.
Under this pressure, the Brooklyn College administration made an embarrassing reversal just days after I was dismissed, offering as a weak explanation that further "information" regarding my qualifications had "come to light".
Similarly, the acquisition of pharyngeal jaws provides a weak explanation for increased diversification rates in the radiation of labrid fishes [9].
The hypothesis that there is calcium leakage close to the ER is a weak explanation for the steady increase in calcineurin activity after Goe6983 and H89.
Luck always feels like a desperately weak explanation for anything but it plays its part.
But that's an incomplete and weak explanation.
In giving $71 million to Ohio, which has been in the news for issues of charter corruption- including the Ohio Department of Education's manipulating charter school stats- the USDOE offered the unbelievably weak explanation that it simply did not conduct a thorough review of the Ohio application before approving Ohio for that $71 million.
He also dismissed what he considered the government's weak explanation for not granting the visa.
Michael Jenkins' weak explanation of Horvath's conduct does not excuse her illegal and discriminatory behavior.
