Spineless
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Spineless is an adjective meaning (not comparable) Having no spines, prickles, or thorns.
Meaning
(not comparable) Having no spines, prickles, or thorns.
More Meanings
- (not comparable) Having no spinal column.
- Cowardly, uncourageous; lacking character.
Example Sentences
Killership requires a person to become brave and polite. It is not deal of weakwilled and spineless people. This deal likes neither cheating nor foolishness.
If this results in a society which MacIntyre has criticized as being the province of the manager, the aesthete and the analyst, types almost sinister in their philosophical lightmindedness, superficiality, programmed uninterestingness, and their depressingly spineless willingness to grant the presence of 'despicable types' for the sake of political freedom, then so be it.
Synonyms for spineless
Depending on context, synonyms include unspined, invertebrate, boneless, backboneless, base, bitch-ass.
Antonyms for spineless
Common opposites include spined, spiny, gutsy.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include wishy-washy, namby-pamby, weak, cowardly, wimp, feeble.
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