Spineless

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  • adjective. Lacking courage or willpower.
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Having no spines.
  • adjective. Lacking a spinal column; invertebrate.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Having no spine or spinal column; invertebrate.
  • Having no backbone, vigor, or courage; limp; weak; nerveless.
  • Having the backbone flexible or supple.
  • In ichthyology, having no fin-spines; soft-finned; anacanthine; malacopterous: as, the spineless fishes, or Anacanthini.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Having no spine, or vertebral column.
  • adjective. Having no thorns or barbs.
  • adjective. lacking in strength of character; cowardly, in a physical or moral sense.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Having no spine
  • adjective. uncourageous
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. lacking a backbone or spinal column
  • adjective. lacking thorns
  • adjective. lacking spiny processes
  • adjective. weak in willpower, courage or vitality
    • Word Usage
    "She smiled as she made the word "spineless" into a compliment."
    cross-reference
    spineless perch  
    Equivalent
    unarmed  weak  
    Form
    spinelessness  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bumble  dodder  florinian  gutless  half-witted  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    abulic  adrift  afloat  afraid  alternating  
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