spineless
IPA: spˈaɪnɫʌs
adjective
- Having no spines, prickles, or thorns.
- Having no spinal column.
- Cowardly, uncourageous; lacking character.
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Examples of "spineless" in Sentences
- He is spineless on social issues.
- What a spineless and condescendingly worded remedy.
- It makes you look weak and spineless, not reasonable.
- The fourth pair of walking legs was nearly spineless.
- For the record, I did not call you stupid or spineless.
- The coats of the pocket mice are spineless and bristle free.
- She smiled as she made the word "spineless" into a compliment.
- All fins are spineless and lightly pigmented in shades of brown.
- Largent appears to have decided early on that Gingrich was spineless.
- Some attribute this silence to spinelessness, others to tactical guile.
- Spineless dorsal fin with the posterior ray developedinto a long filament.
- The spineless is a little tame, but it's still a good foil for other vegetables and sauces.
- And being spineless is going to get them voted out of office if they don’t change and start going on the offensive.
- January 15, 2010 5: 24 PM in reply to Indie Pro and when they don't, they are called spineless by their own "supporters".
- To sum up this view in a single word: we wish we had a nickel for every time a blogger modified the word "moderate" with the word "spineless."
- The guy is either off his head, more than the normal kind of spineless or has confessed that under his command the streets in his area are now completely lawless.
- Your protesting Don's sarcastic comment, and his insistance on sticking with it, inspite of his "staying neutral" reminded me of Christ's enemies protesting what Pilate wrote (for fear that people would actually believe he was the "King of the Jews"), Pilate's refusal to change it and his previous "spineless" - ness.
- Yorkshire, who were described as "spineless" by their director of cricket, Martyn Moxon, after they were routed inside three days by Warwickshire at Headingley last week, offered more spirited resistance here, led by Gary Ballance's championship-best 92 not out in an unbroken sixth-wicket stand of 149 with Adil Rashid, who ended the day on 62.
- In the case of the president that is being called spineless and middling by the blood-thirsty and his supporters alike, the real or perceived truth hurts particularly when I leaned toward believing that advancing, maturing race relations manifested itself in the election of an unflappable guy who, loosely speaking, looked like me; a man who called my old neighborhood his home, too; and who shared my astrological lineage for what that's worth, given that we were born a day apart.