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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a weak player" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone who lacks skill or strength in a particular context, such as sports, games, or competitive situations.
Example: "In the final match, the coach decided to substitute a weak player to improve the team's chances of winning."
Alternatives: "an ineffective player" or "a poor performer".
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"[Ricker] didn't have any holes or weaknesses in his lineup, like a weak player that you could try to pick on.
It lost to a weak player.
The computer beat a weak player.
"It was a weak player in a weak pricing environment," Moulton said.
"Yeltsin was never such a weak player as he is these days," said Vyacheslav Nikonov, a former presidential adviser.
A "fish," for example, is "a derogatory term for a weak player". And there is no room for that here.
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He had turned a weak players union into a ferocious and wealthy labor force that transformed the sport's economics, yet the Hall is stocked with lesser-regarded executives who did not rattle baseball's hidebound establishment the way Miller did.
And there was, at times, the pounding — particularly in the N.F.C. championship game — that might have leveled a weaker player.
"A weaker player in a game of cards may beat a better player once in a while just because they got dealt a royal flush," Dr. Lenski said.
In terms of non-video games, he prefers games of luck, in which a weaker player has a chance of winning, such as hanafuda, to games of skill, like go and shogi.
It is calculated by the system used to seed competitors in club and tournament play, where games are weighted, so that you forfeit more points for losing to a weaker player, and win more for beating someone who outranks you.
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