💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Weak link"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| failsafenoun | Alternative form of fail-safe. [A device, mechanism or measure designed to make something fail-safe.] |
| achilles' heelnoun | Alternative spelling of Achilles heel. [A vulnerability in an otherwise strong situation.] |
| link rotnoun | Alternative form of linkrot. [(Internet) The steady increase in the number of broken hyperlinks as webpages are moved or removed.] |
| choke pointnoun | Alternative form of chokepoint. [A point at which traffic or other movement can easily become blocked.] |
| fall-backnoun | Alternative form of fallback. [An act of falling back.] |
| redlinknoun | Alternative form of red link. [(Internet, wiki jargon) A red hyperlink that directs to a potential page (one not yet created) of a wiki.] |
| toughest nut to cracknoun | Alternative form of tough nut to crack. [Synonym of hard nut to crack.] |
| dead-legnoun | Alternative form of dead leg (blow to the upper thigh) [A blow to the upper thigh, crushing the muscle against the bone and crushing the nerve cluster next to the quadriceps. Also, the resulting injury.] |
| just one of those thingsnoun | Alternative form of one of those things. [(idiomatic, often preceded by just) An unfortunate, but unavoidable, event.] |
| small end of the wedgenoun | Alternative form of thin end of the wedge. [(idiomatic) Something that if allowed or accepted to a small degree would lead to systematic encroachment.] |
| thin edge of the wedgenoun | Alternative form of thin end of the wedge. [(idiomatic) Something that if allowed or accepted to a small degree would lead to systematic encroachment.] |
| half measurenoun | Alternative form of half-measure. [An inadequate or incomplete solution to a problem.] |
| linkisternoun | Alternative form of linkster. [A golfer.] |
| make-shiftnoun | Alternative form of makeshift. [Made to work or suffice; improvised; substituted.] |
| tie-breakernoun | Alternative spelling of tiebreaker. [Something that is used to pick a winner from a tied situation.] |
| killswitchnoun | Alternative spelling of kill switch. [A security measure used to switch off a device in an emergency.] |
| short-handednessnoun | Alternative form of shorthandedness. [The condition of being shorthanded.] |
| short endnoun | Alternative form of short end of the stick. [(idiomatic) A situation, opportunity, or outcome which is less favorable than situations, opportunities, or outcomes experienced by or available to others.] |
| lack-witnoun | Alternative form of lackwit. [A witless person; a fool.] |
| lame-ducknoun | Alternative form of lame duck. [(colloquial) A person or thing that is helpless, inefficient, or disabled.] |
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