weak spot - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
English
Noun
weak spot (plural weak spots)
- A location where the defenses are weak or the vulnerability is great.
1977, Katz, The Neoclassical Theory of Reference:
It began with an insightful paper of Donnellan's in which he put his finger on the weak spot in the classical theory.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:weak spot
Translations
location where the defenses are weak or the vulnerability is great
- Basque: ahulgune
- Dutch: zwakke plek f
- Finnish: heikko kohta
- French: point faible (fr) m, talon d’Achille (fr) m, ventre mou (fr) m
- Galician: punto débil (gl) m
- German: Schwachpunkt
- Irish: éasc m, laige f
- Italian: punto debole (it) m
- Japanese: 弱点 (ja) (じゃくてん, jakuten)
- Polish: słaby punkt m
- Russian: сла́бое ме́сто n (sláboje mésto)
- Turkish: zayıf nokta
- Vietnamese: thóp (vi) (figuratively)
Further reading
- “weak spot”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.