ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Backboneless

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Backboneless is an adjective meaning (literally) Without a backbone; invertebrate.

Meaning

(literally) Without a backbone; invertebrate.

More Meanings

  1. (figuratively) Cowardly, spineless.

Example Sentences

Once, like a drunken man, I lurched forward, and fell upon my knees. Such was my backboneless state that for some seconds I remained where I was, half disposed to let things slide, accept the good the gods had sent me, and make a night of it just there.

Antonyms for backboneless

Common opposites include backboned.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include invertebrate, spineless, vertebraless, askeletal, skeletonless, trunkless.

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