weak-willed

American  

[week-wild] / ˈwikˈwɪld /

adjective

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

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weak-willed British  

adjective

1. lacking strength of will

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Etymology

Origin of weak-willed

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

Other notable singers included bass-baritone Robert Frazier as the Rev. John Hale, who realizes the truth too late, and soprano Kresley Figueroa as the treacherously weak-willed Mary Warren.

From The Wall Street Journal

Meanwhile, his cult is such that defenders are dismissing his alleged victims as weak-willed crybabies.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From BBC

“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