"overall weaker" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when you want to compare two groups of information and signify that one group is weaker than the other in general. For example: "Although some survey results indicated a positive economic trend, overall weaker domestic retail sales slowed overall growth."
Prof Adam Tomkin, the Tory constitution spokesman at Holyrood, said: "Simply ploughing her own furrow will not work, and will make for an overall weaker case.
As a result, bio-based furan polyamides showed higher glass transition temperatures and comparable mechanical properties despite having overall weaker hydrogen bonding than nylons.
Second, the sharpness of the deformation texture is affected by grain interaction leading to an overall weaker texture when compared to results obtained without interaction.
The lithology of the third petrofacies type is argillaceous siltstone and silty mudstone, which includes a thinner layer of parallel bedding and small ripple lamination, indicating overall weaker hydrodynamic conditions.
Field strengths and consequent estimated reconnection voltages at Saturn's magnetopause were overall weaker by a factor of about two compared with those observed during the immediately preceding interval investigated by Jackman et al. (J. Geophys. Res., 109, A11203, doi 10.1029/2004JA010614, 2004).
However, the intensity of the staining was overall weaker.
He wants to start with three casinos upstate, including one in the Catskills region, to lift the overall weak economy.
American unemployment, and an overall weak labor market, hurts those in the middle and bottom in four ways.
But Mr. Huckabee appeared to drain votes primarily away from Mr. Romney, contributing to his overall weak showing on this night.
Barnes & Noble reported tepid sales in its bookstore and digital divisions for its most recent quarter, reflecting an overall weak publishing climate and flattening demand for e-books.
"Most of our business has been hurt by the overall weak economy in the United States and the now slowing economy in Europe," the chairman and chief executive, Earnest W. Deavenport Jr., said.
