spineless
Origin of spineless
1Other words for spineless
Opposites for spineless
Other words from spineless
- spine·less·ly, adverb
- spine·less·ness, noun
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How to use spineless in a sentence
She schemes, she cries, she makes decisions Maurizio’s too spineless to make himself.
What can you even say about House of Gucci? It’s stupid. It’s perfect. | Alissa Wilkinson | November 22, 2021 | VoxWith 11 defections on the vote to remove Greene from committees, McCarthy looks all the more spineless and inept.
Republicans can run from accountability, but they can’t hide | Jennifer Rubin | February 5, 2021 | Washington PostHis spineless duplicity confirms that the good guy is actually pretty much a louse.
Bravo’s ‘Online Dating Rituals’ Reveals American Males Are Creepy and Want Sex | Emily Shire | March 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe then offered the spineless excuse that, “A public figure cannot control what people say in open meetings.”
The Right’s Dangerous Rhetoric: Obama as an ‘Enemy Combatant’ | Dean Obeidallah | February 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut no spineless relativism is necessary to recognize that, for most human beings, realness comes in various flavors.
Atheist Philosopher Peter Boghossian’s Guide to Converting Believers | Michael Schulson | November 2, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
“spineless” is a charge Romney critics have leveled at the presidential candidate.
Taking it on now is strictly Obama's sop to liberals appalled by his spineless obsession with managing public perceptions.
"Perdita Hepworth," she abandoned her spineless attitude and sat upright, speaking with vehemence.
The Beauty | Mrs. Wilson WoodrowIf any of the jury dissented from its false statement they were too spineless to express their opinion.
The Everett massacre | Walker C. SmithHe had once been persuaded, yielding out of spineless bravado, to descend the shaft of a mine in a huge bucket.
Bunker Bean | Harry Leon WilsonWilled attention, rather than spineless feeling distractibility, might have saved him.
Applied Psychology for Nurses | Mary F. PorterBut of course, since I am as spineless as a mollusk, I sought to accept this heaven-sent visitation with due resignation.
A Top-Floor Idyl | George van Schaick
British Dictionary definitions for spineless
/ (ˈspaɪnlɪs) /
lacking a backbone; invertebrate
having no spiny processes: spineless stems
lacking strength of character, resolution, or courage
Derived forms of spineless
- spinelessly, adverb
- spinelessness, noun
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