This was the essential weakness of a technocracy: destroy its technology, and you bring the society to ith knees.

This argument misses an essential weakness of the statement.

All his essential weakness had appeared in Parmen's flabby face.

But he now took a fatal step, the consequences of which were to betray the essential weakness of his character.

But Israel's attack on the convoy shows an essential weakness in Obama's vision of international affairs.

That is testimony to their essential weakness where it counts -among the Nicaraguan people.

But the principal credit goes to our legal team for identifying at the outset the essential weakness in the plaintiffs' case.

More deeply, the Commission's point shows up the essential weakness of the system.

It goes to the essential weakness of Girardi as a manager.

This is the essential weakness of the profession in censorship as well as in other professional issues.