weak-willed

[ week-wild ]

adjective

1. having or showing a want of firmness of will; easily swayed.

weak-willed

adjective

1. lacking strength of will

Word History and Origins

Origin of weak-willed¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

And, as researchers are finding, they are already toppling the belief that obesity is simply a moral failing of the weak-willed.

From BBC

And, of course, he tells them about Martha, the angel and the devil on his shoulders: sometimes telling him how sweet, funny and handsome he is, and sometimes calling him a weak-willed, talentless degenerate.

From New York Times

But Israel has continued its “high-intensity” air strikes, making him seem both complicit and weak-willed.

From Slate

“This is not for the weak-willed,” said Fitch, who is president of the Obesity Medicine Association and also consults for drugmakers.

From Seattle Times

We should also respect present humans as rational beings capable of independent thought, rather than weak-willed zombies susceptible to crude verbal mind control.

From Washington Post