"weakly-typed" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} weakly-typed (not comparable)
  1. (programming) Belonging to a type system that likely will not result in an error if a passed variable does not closely match the expected type. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Programming Synonyms: loosely-typed Hypernyms: typed Translations (Translations): schwach typisiert (German)

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