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
- (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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