The word "weakling" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is usually used in a derogatory way to describe someone who appears to lack strength or power. For example: "The bully always picked on the weaker kids in school, thinking of them as nothing more than weaklings."
Under pressure Come on, try getting excited Unrolling stock Self-strangulation Europe's heavyweight weakling ReprintsThe government has chosen to extend the referendum over two days in the hope of attracting more voters: a similar ploy worked well in next-door Lithuania last month, where a two-day referendum drew a 63% turnout and a 91% yes vote.
And yet despite all that has gone wrong in Iraq, America remains by far the strongest external power in the Middle East and for the next two years Mr Bush will remain its president.On his way to Amman, Mr Bush did not talk as if he felt like a weakling.
"You're going to do the twilight-sedation thing because you're a weakling.
As for most of the rest, don't ask.In this section Getting a head The weakling kicks back The rail billionaires Rupert's misses Born again Fault on the line The gravy train A bad business Marrying an alien Reprints Related topics Internet access Internet IBM Hewlett-Packard IndustriesThese low profits partly reflect overcapacity and competition for market share.
Certainly, WADA today is no longer the weakling it seemed to be at the Sydney Olympics.
If he faces any opponent in his campaign for the Republican nomination who failed to filibuster the appropriations bill in the Senate this week, expect him to denounce that opponent as a weakling and a defeatist who was willing to countenance the health-care enslavement of America in order to win approval as a "moderate" from the cocktail-drinking socialists of the Washington, DC establishment.
One is his reputation as a hardline defender of Indian rights—in contrast to Mr Singh, who was mocked by opponents as a mild-mannered weakling.
Even a large company should have 100-150 people, he argues.In this section Getting a head The weakling kicks back The rail billionaires Rupert's misses Born again Fault on the line The gravy train A bad business Marrying an alien ReprintsBut before you wield the axe, consider a second new survey, this time of just over 100 large British companies by Ashridge Strategic Management Centre.
Under pressure Come on, try getting excited Unrolling stock Self-strangulation Europe's heavyweight weakling Reprints Related items Oil in Russia: Connections neededMar 13th 1997That may be Transneft's goal (it says not); or it may just prefer the security of a port on Russian soil.
Italy may still have the world's sixth-largest industrial base, but Britain, often portrayed as an industrial weakling, makes and exports more cars than Italy does.The second assumption is that a high level of domestic savings, which tend to be conservatively invested in government debt or simply parked in bank accounts, insulates the economy from trouble.
In a twinkling he has gone from a weakling Jimmy Carter to a modern-day George III.That may be a dizzying turnaround, but it makes political sense.
