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[ spahyn-lis ] / ˈspaɪn lɪs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR spineless ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivehaving no spines or quills. having no spine or backbone. having a weak spine; limp. without moral force, resolution, or courage; feeble: a spineless, lily-livered coward. Origin of spinelessFirst recorded in 1820–30; spine + -less SYNONYMS FOR spineless4 weak, irresolute, indecisive. SEE SYNONYMS FOR spineless ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR spinelessSEE ANTONYMS FOR spineless ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM spinelessspine·less·ly, adverbspine·less·ness, nounWords nearby spinelessspinebash, spine-bashing, spine-chiller, spine-chilling, spinel, spineless, spinel ruby, spine of scapula, spinescent, spinet, spine-tingling Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for spinelessHis spineless duplicity confirms that the good guy is actually pretty much a louse. Bravo’s ‘Online Dating Rituals’ Reveals American Males Are Creepy and Want Sex|Emily Shire|March 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST He then offered the spineless excuse that, “A public figure cannot control what people say in open meetings.” The Right’s Dangerous Rhetoric: Obama as an ‘Enemy Combatant’|Dean Obeidallah|February 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST But no spineless relativism is necessary to recognize that, for most human beings, realness comes in various flavors. Atheist Philosopher Peter Boghossian’s Guide to Converting Believers|Michael Schulson|November 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST “Spineless” is a charge Romney critics have leveled at the presidential candidate. A Glimmer of Daylight|Hannah Gross|August 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Taking it on now is strictly Obama's sop to liberals appalled by his spineless obsession with managing public perceptions. Obama's Desperate Gay Pander|Lee Siegel|February 2, 2010|DAILY BEAST The called it individualism, but Nelson called it spineless. The Happy Man|Gerald Wilburn Page Most spineless fishes have such rudiments in front of their vertical fins. A Guide to the Study of Fishes, Volume 1 (of 2)|David Starr Jordan Why had he been fool enough to think he could swear a lot of spineless jelly fish to secrecy? Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford|George Randolph Chester But this time he looked so tired and drawn and spineless that a fish-hook of sudden pity tugged at my throat. The Prairie Mother|Arthur Stringer By this no one should infer that they are weak or spineless. Great Singers on the Art of Singing|James Francis Cooke
British Dictionary definitions for spineless
adjectivelacking a backbone; invertebrate having no spiny processesspineless stems lacking strength of character, resolution, or courage Derived forms of spinelessspinelessly, adverbspinelessness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to spinelessinvertebrate, fearful, feeble, frightened, gutless, impotent, inadequate, ineffective, ineffectual, irresolute, lily-livered, nerveless, soft, spiritless, squeamish, submissive, timid, vacillating, weak, weak-willed |