Definition of nerveless
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nervelessly
adverb
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Examples of nerveless in a Sentence
he's a nerveless pushover who'll be eaten alive by his own staff
to be a paramedic, you need to be calm, clearheaded, and nerveless in emergencies
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His later career, following a move, in 1970, to Captiva Island, in Florida, was consumed by fetching but rather nerveless experimentation—with print mediums, cardboard reliefs, exotic fabrics, reflective surfaces, and incessant photography—
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First Known Use of nerveless
1681
nerveless Synonyms
Synonyms
characterless, effete, frail, invertebrate, limp-wristed, milk-and-water, namby-pamby, weak, soft, spineless, weakened, weak-kneed, weakling, wet [British], wimpish, wimpy, wishy-washyAntonyms
backboned, firm, hard, strong, toughRelated Words
flabby, flaccid, forceless, ineffective, ineffectual; impotent, impuissant, powerless; emasculated, unnerved; lamblike, meek, pliable, submissive; corrupt, dastardly, unprincipled, unscrupulous, villainous; cowardly, craven, fainthearted, lily-livered, nebbishy, poltroon, pusillanimous, sissy, timid; infirm, irresolute, vacillatingNear Antonyms
ethical, good, moral, principled, right, righteous, upright, virtuous; determined, mettlesome, resolute, unrelenting; courageous, stalwart, stoutheartedLearn More about nerveless
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