Let RR be a commutative ring with identity and SS be a multiplicatively closed subset of RR. The purpose of this paper is to introduce the concept of weakly SS-primary ideals as a new generalization of weakly primary ideals. An ideal II of RR disjoint with SS is called a weakly SS-primary ideal if there exists s∈Ss∈S such that whenever 0≠ab∈I0≠ab∈I for a,b∈Ra,b∈R, then sa∈√Isa∈√I or sb∈Isb∈I. The relationships among SS-prime, SS-primary, weakly SS-primary and SS-nn-ideals are investigated. For an element rr in any general ZPI-ring, the (weakly) SrSr-primary ideals are characterized where Sr={1,r,r2,…}Sr={1,r,r2,…}. Several properties, characterizations and examples concerning weakly SS-primary ideals are presented. The stability of this new concept with respect to various ring-theoretic constructions such as the trivial ring extension and the amalgamation of rings along an ideal are studied. Furthermore, weakly SS-decomposable ideals and SS-weakly Laskerian rings which are generalizations of SS-decomposable ideals and SS-Laskerian rings are introduced.