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US
/ˈspaɪnɫəs/
]
[ UK /spˈaɪnləs/ ]
[ UK /spˈaɪnləs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- lacking thorns
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lacking spiny processes
spineless fins - weak in willpower, courage or vitality
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lacking a backbone or spinal column
worms are an example of invertebrate animals
How To Use spineless In A Sentence
- Only the spineless Liberal Left uses the term wingnut to describe the Right. Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph
- Even though a prickly pear may be visibly spineless, the glochids on paddles and fruits remain just as nasty.
- Was that spineless blue creature that I spotted by the sea a Tory jellyfish? Times, Sunday Times
- They do not make spineless and uninventive psychedelia.
- Ofelia, who was used to being the boss all the time, would now have to obey every word that was uttered from Stolly - a weak, spineless, cowardly man in her mind.
- Our spineless Government just turns its back and ignores them. The Sun
- Nor would Edwin concede more than a spineless encouragement that she be hopeful and humble in their work together.
- While the dissidents have been exposed for the second time as thoroughly weak and spineless, Howard's fears about his future are nevertheless well-founded.
- Shortsighted tyrants, spineless power-mongers and heartless thugs vie egomaniacally, dangerously, for power.
- The great thing about academics is that they are typically spineless cowards who really do respond to sufficient pressure.