Qualities

Synonyms for weakness

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · noun

The sensenounTier 3, RidgelineQualities

powerlessness revealed by an inability to act

Their weakness left them unable to resist the new rules.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

helplessness

Same sentence, swapped: Their helplessness left them unable to resist the new rules.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for weakness as it is used in the sentence above.

failing
twist
manner

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Closest first: other qualities words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

worthadjectivedeservingworthy of being treated in a particular wayRidgeline wrongadjectiveimpropernot appropriate for a purpose or occasionRidgeline2 sensesHas a reason line wrongfuladjectiveunlawfulhaving no legally established claimRidgeline loneadjectiveonlybeing the only oneTreeline lossnounredthe amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenueFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line lowadjectivemiserableof the most contemptible kindFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line turbulentadjectivetroubledcharacterized by unrest or disorder or insubordinationRidgelineHas a reason line twineverblacespin, wind, or twist togetherRidgelineHas a reason line

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