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weakest link

noun

Etymology

The figurative sense comes by metaphor from the literal sense: the notion that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link. (See historical details there.)

Definitions

  1. The part of a system that is most likely to cause problems or fail.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for weakest link. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA