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Answer for the clue "Weak ", 8 letters:
asthenic

Word definitions for asthenic in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Characterized by, or pertaining to, debility; weak; debilitating.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1789, from Modern Latin, from Greek asthenikos , from asthenes "weak, without strength, feeble" (see asthenia ).

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Asthenic \As*then"ic\, a. [Gr. 'asqeniko`s; 'a priv. + sqe`nos strength.] (Med.) Characterized by, or pertaining to, debility; weak; debilitating. [1913 Webster] ||

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. lacking strength or vigor [syn: adynamic , debilitated , enervated ] having a slender physique

Usage examples of asthenic.

I spotted him every day on the streets of the village: an asthenic olive-skinned man, with a scraggly fringe of brown beard and a hawkish Semitic face.

Wilma was an asthenic blonde who specialized in decorative plant-animal hybrids.

High gee and low gee were not particularly demanding to one of my asthenic physique.