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Discover LudwigThe phrase "fairly weaker" is not correct in standard English usage.
The correct form would be "fairly weak" or "somewhat weaker."
Example: "The new model is fairly weak compared to its predecessor."
Alternatives: "relatively weaker" or "somewhat less strong.".
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"Not only is the current production outlook looking fairly weaker than anybody expected, the chance is that it will remain poor for a while," Mr. Young of Nikko Salomon Smith Barney said.
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In the US the figures were also fairly weak.
(And where it does exist it seems fairly weak).
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In contrast, General Yudhoyono has a new and fairly weak Democratic Party supporting him.
I find that very unlikely as the gravitational pull of the moon is fairly weak.
Even by Mr. Cavell's standards this is a fairly weak version of moral perfectionism.
Instead, the showers turned out to be fairly weak and peaked 14 hours earlier than expected.
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Disclosure of environmental risks and opportunities is fairly weak among companies that operate large data centres.
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