weak argument

collocation in English

meaningsofweakandargument

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weak
adjective
uk
/wiːk/us
/wiːk/
not ...
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argument
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈɑːɡ.jə.mənt/us
/ˈɑːrɡ.jə.mənt/
a disagreement, or the process ...
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(Definition ofweakandargumentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofweak argument

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Many learned thatweakargumentwould bring a memorable response.
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This may perhaps represent aweakargumentto a logician but much of science has advanced through loose ends, unexplained observations and so forth.
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It seems to me rather aweakargumentthat it should be a defence against a prosecution to say that you are burning unsuitable fuel.
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It is idle to put forward against this measure aweakargumentof that kind.
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However, that is aweakargument, because the principle remains the same.
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I think that that is another reason why it has perhaps been rather aweakargumentfrom the beginning.
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It may have been aweakargumentor a strong one but that was my argument.
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That is a veryweakargumentand it leaves the case far from what one would think it ought to be.
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He has an extremelyweakargumentand is doing his best to defend it.
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But for this reason that seems to me aweakargument.
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It is aweakargumentto say that an institution or a scheme should be abolished merely because of its age.
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I suggest that that is aweakargument.
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That seems to me a veryweakargument.
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That seems to me to be a singularlyweakargumenton that point.
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It would indeed have been, upon examination, a ratherweakargument.
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This is a veryweakargument, because the small difference in percentage has no bearing whatsoever as regards the use of the regulator on demand.
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I think it is aweakargumentto base it on the development land tax.
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He should be the first to admit that that is a veryweakargument.
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To my mind, it is aweakargument, because it means a large addition to expenses in the course of time.
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I have always believed that this was aweakargument.
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