spinelessness

noun

Definition of spinelessnessnext
1
as in weakness
the quality or state of lacking strength of will or character the spinelessness that the grown woman has shown in dealing with her overbearing mother

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2
as in fearfulness
a shameful lack of courage in the face of danger charged the midshipman with sickening spinelessness under fire

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  1. weakness
  2. cowardice
  3. pusillanimity
Noun
  • Rethink your strengths and weaknesses and aim to enforce a healthier routine.
    Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Finally, our adversaries, China, Russia, Iran and North Korea, respect strength and exploit weakness.
    Richard Stacy, The Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2024
Definition of weakness
Noun
  • Are these companies holding back out of budgetary reasons, out of cowardice, out of political disagreement?
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
  • That’s a result of Netanyahu’s cowardice in relation to his far-right coalition partners who have threatened to quit the government.
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2024
Definition of cowardice
Noun
  • Reid’s statement was striking for its sheer pusillanimity.
    Adam S. Posen, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2015
  • What a profile in pusillanimity.
    The Editorial Board, WSJ, 23 May 2022
Definition of pusillanimity
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“Spinelessness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spinelessness. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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