The phrase "a weak position in" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where someone or something lacks strength or advantage in a particular context or area.
Example: "The company found itself in a weak position in the market due to increased competition."
Alternatives: "a vulnerable stance in" or "a disadvantageous position in".
The surveys in both Stanley et al. (1999) and Heckman et al. (1999) conclude that effects are heterogeneous: some ALMPs may have positive effects for unemployed with a weak position in the labour market, but for other groups the effects are smaller if at all positive.
May has always been in a weak position in negotiations to leave the European Union.
Both candidates are anathema to David Cameron, who will be in a weak position in the politicking.
There are two points – why do young people feel they're in such a weak position in British society?
"Effectively, at this time we were in a weak position in terms of external earnings," he said.
But unless Mugabe makes concessions, Tsvangirai will be left in a difficult position, forced to choose between accepting a weak position in government and holding out, leaving the country's dire socioeconomic situation to worsen.
Ultimately, he said, in the politest way he could think of, Americans would need to adjust to a weaker position in the world, just as China once did.
So why are these predators on science and reason not yet extinct Part of the answer is evolutionary adaptation to a weaker position in a harsher environment.
In part, this is because the party of re-elected presidents, as with the Democrats now, often hold a weaker position in Congress in second presidential terms of office.
The Roman general Lucius Aemilius Paullus, by means of adroit tactical maneuvering, enticed the Macedonian king Perseus from his impregnable position on the Elpeus (Mavrólongos) River to occupy a weaker position in the plain south of Pydna (now Kítros, Greece; the actual site was probably near Kateríni).
