chinless wonder

British  

noun

1. informal a person, esp an upper-class one, lacking strength of character

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Example Sentences

It sees him dropping his usual shtick and instead taking up the persona of Jasper Cromwell Jones: a fantastically rich and well-connected chinless wonder who has dedicated his life to climbing the highest mountains in the world, despite possessing no obvious skills or aptitude for the task.

From The Guardian

It would be unkind to call the duke a chinless wonder, even if his neck did end at his lower lip, but his son more than earned the description giggling buffoon.

From The Guardian

Gawsh," murmured the blond stenographer from the corner of her mouth, after the manner of convicts, "Old Grizzly's pickin' on the chinless wonder again.

From Project Gutenberg

A plainer reaction everywhere was "Thank heaven, Margaret's not going to marry some aristocratic chinless wonder."

From Time Magazine Archive