soft-centred
Britishadjective
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The criticisms of previous years - that the team is flaky, soft-centred and struggles to match intensity - had resurfaced in recent weeks but have been put aside again, for now.
From BBC
The current inquiry involves the whole football world looking at their early season performances for signs as to which City will turn up this season: the record-breaking monsters of 2017-19 or the soft-centred let-down that couldn’t take Liverpool’s heat last season.
From The Guardian
Well, November has come and gone, and Arsenal’s quest for the championship looks as uneven as always: steely one minute, soft-centred the next.
From The Guardian
Well, November has come and gone, and Arsenal’s quest for the championship looks as uneven as always: steely one minute, soft-centred the next.
From The Guardian
Mr Jokowi appealed to voters not as a soft-centred liberal but as a no-nonsense small-town mayor who gets things done.
From Economist
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