weak link
noun [C usually singular]Definition
› a weak part, especially the weakest part of something: They're a fairly good team - their only weak link is a relatively inexperienced goalkeeper. A chain can only be as strong as its weakest link, so we must look at the least committed country to see if the alliance will hold.Weakness and vulnerability
(Definition of weak link noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- Achilles heel noun
- at a low ebb idiom
- be (only) flesh and blood idiom
- be sb's poodle idiom
- chink in sb's armour idiom
- faint adjective (SLIGHT)
- frailty noun
- impotence noun (LACK OF POWER)
- impotent adjective (LACKING POWER)
- indefensible adjective
- lax adjective
- man of straw noun (WEAK)
- supine adjective (CHARACTER)
- susceptibility noun
- susceptible adjective (INFLUENCED)
- toothless adjective (NO POWER)
- underbelly noun
- unprotected adjective
- unsteady adjective
- wraith noun
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