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For a hereditary property 𝓟 let $k_{𝓟}(G)$ denote the number of forbidden subgraphs contained in G. A graph G is said to be weakly 𝓟-saturated, if G has the property 𝓟 and there is a sequence of edges of G̅, say $e₁,e₂,...,e_l$, such that the chain of graphs $G = G₀ ⊂ G_0 + e₁ ⊂ G₁ + e₂ ⊂ ... ⊂ G_{l-1} + e_l = G_l = K_n(G_{i+1} = G_i + e_{i+1})$ has the following property: $k_{𝓟}(G_{i+1}) > k_{𝓟}(G_i)$, 0 ≤ i ≤ l-1.
In this paper we shall investigate some properties of weakly saturated graphs. We will find upper bound for the minimum number of edges of weakly 𝓓ₖ-saturated graphs of order n. We shall determine the number wsat(n,𝓟) for some hereditary properties.