adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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spineless creatures such as jellyfish
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Don't be spineless -- you have to stand up to people like that.
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He's nothing but a spineless coward.
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The President has been accused of being spineless in the face of naked aggression.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Equally worrisome, many environmentalists brand the Fish and Wildlife Service as a spineless weathervane.
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No more will I look down my nose at whining, spineless malcontents.
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Nor would Edwin concede more than a spineless encouragement that she be hopeful and humble in their work together.
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The hand was still doughy when Miguel shook it, weak and spineless .
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We did not see him as the spineless vicar that Fielding turned him into in Shamela.