wimp
noun
a weak, ineffectual, timid person.
wimps
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pluralof wimp.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The kind of ace who harks back to a time when “bullpen days” didn’t exist, relieving was for wimps and starters were expected to serve as their own closers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2025
Quoting the investor Gordon Gekko in the film Wall Street, she said "lunch is for wimps".
From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2024
Leftovers from the Big Bang, wimps are invisible and slow, compared with the speed of light, and can only be detected through their gravitational effect on other objects.
From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2024
Davis was so powerful he even stymied a crowd that wore “Gold Blooded” T-shirts but acted more like wimps.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2023
I.begin to think that women I have thought were stupid, or wimps, may simply have been hiding things, as I was.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
