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at their weakest vs of their weakest

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'At their weakest' is used to describe a specific point in time or situation when someone or something is at their least strong or effective. 'Of their weakest' is used to indicate possession or association with a state of weakness.

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at their weakest

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to describe a specific point in time or situation when someone or something is at their least strong or effective.

Examples:

  • The team was at their weakest when their star player got injured.
  • She always performs at her weakest in the early morning.
  • No, the molecules would be at their weakest.
  • The roofs of these caverns are striated at their weakest points with a glassine crystal.
  • We work like the wolves do, watch and wait, and pick them off at their weakest point while they're retreating.
  • You're the kind of guy who needs to hang around a lot, wear girls down, and then when they're at their weakest, pounce.
  • It's funny how you seem to show up when people are at their weakest.
  • The current system of mutual recognition means we are open to chains breaking at their weakest link.
  • The time to pounce is when people are at their weakest.
  • It has involved particularly the beginning of human life, when human beings are at their weakest and most in need of protection.
  • It preys on areas where people and communities are at their weakest; it senses the weakest and poorest members of society and attacks them.

Alternatives:

  • at their lowest point
  • at their most vulnerable
  • at their least effective
  • at their worst
  • at their most fragile

of their weakest

This phrase is correct but less commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate possession or association with a state of weakness.

Examples:

  • The company's success was born of their weakest moments.
  • The team's strategy was a product of their weakest performances.
  • People have often said that societies should be judged by the way they treat their weakest members.
  • In such a situation protection measures are only as strong as their weakest link.
  • No, the molecules would be at their weakest.
  • The roofs of these caverns are striated at their weakest points with a glassine crystal.
  • We work like the wolves do, watch and wait, and pick them off at their weakest point while they're retreating.
  • You're the kind of guy who needs to hang around a lot, wear girls down, and then when they're at their weakest, pounce.
  • It's so easy to bilk people in their weakest emotional states.
  • It's funny how you seem to show up when people are at their weakest.
  • The current system of mutual recognition means we are open to chains breaking at their weakest link.
  • The time to pounce is when people are at their weakest.
  • It preys on areas where people and communities are at their weakest; it senses the weakest and poorest members of society and attacks them.
  • It has involved particularly the beginning of human life, when human beings are at their weakest and most in need of protection.
  • You will need to remain flexible because it is only right that developing countries should want to control open trade and to carry on being able to regulate their public services, and that they should not jeopardise their weakest industries.
  • Often playing with Area, they shared with them the same interest in fusing jazz-rock with prog elements, and their first album, Tilt, is a very good result, even if the limited vocal parts were their weakest point.
  • We find their weakest point, and hit it hard.
  • And right now your weakest player is Alex.
  • Life's thread is of the weakest kind.
  • Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.
  • Our enemies are weakest in the dark.
  • Find the weakest point, bit of brute force...

Alternatives:

  • of their lowest point
  • of their most vulnerable state
  • of their least effective moments
  • of their worst times
  • of their most fragile state

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