as in weak
lacking strength of will or character
an invertebrate Congress that blithely went along with the President's ill-conceived plan
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Recent Examples of invertebrate
Marta Vidal, Discover Magazine, 2 Nov. 2022
Fire effects are expected to be long-term, lasting anywhere from five to 20 years, and the service says aquatic invertebrate monitoring will continue.
—Jake Frederico, The Arizona Republic, 13 Dec. 2022
There's no doubt that Blean Woods is already humming with invertebrate life.
—Victoria Turk, Wired, 19 July 2022
Surveying invertebrate life is freelance ecologist and entomologist Graeme Lyons.
—Victoria Turk, Wired, 19 July 2022
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Adjective
In Jordan, most of the fossils found so far are marine invertebrate fossils, such as bivalves, ammonites and foraminifers.
—Marta Vidal, Discover Magazine, 2 Nov. 2022
Fire effects are expected to be long-term, lasting anywhere from five to 20 years, and the service says aquatic invertebrate monitoring will continue.
—Jake Frederico, The Arizona Republic, 13 Dec. 2022
There's no doubt that Blean Woods is already humming with invertebrate life.
—Victoria Turk, Wired, 19 July 2022
Surveying invertebrate life is freelance ecologist and entomologist Graeme Lyons.
—Victoria Turk, Wired, 19 July 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for invertebrate
Adjective
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And, in the long run, economists say that will translate to a weaker economy and a lower standard of living.—
Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
22 May 2025
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Thanks to a weak front sliding across Central Florida, Thursday will be a bit cooler than prior days.—
Garfield Hylton,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 May 2025
Noun
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Researchers said dinosaurs likely had many of the same cancers seen in vertebrates today, particularly those impacting the bones, given many dinosaur species’ enormous size and accelerated growth rates, NPR reported.—
Lauren Liebhaber,
Miami Herald,
30 Apr. 2025
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Humans, other land vertebrates, and jawed fish have synovial joints.—
Elizabeth Rayne,
Ars Technica,
21 Mar. 2025
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An April 2025 study in Frontiers in Biogeography takes another look at these extinct herbivores, which were wiped out by human hunting during the last Ice Age between around 50,000 and 34,000 years ago.—
Sam Walters,
Discover Magazine,
30 Apr. 2025
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Stunning stat: The invasive Lantana camara has entangled 300,000 square kilometers of India's forests, diminishing food sources for herbivores.—
Shafaq Patel,
Axios,
25 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Iñárritu also used his Cannes visit as a soft launch for his next wild experiment, with Tom Cruise.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
21 May 2025
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Some reactions might be softer and less pronounced, while others could be obsessive and overwhelming.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
Noun
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The carnivore diet, once a fringe curiosity, has gained traction among social media users thanks in part to personalities like Liver King—but its popularity has proven polarizing.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 May 2025
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Although large carnivore populations are declining worldwide, European gray wolves (a subspecies of Canis lupus) defy the trend.—
Olivia Ferrari,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Maybe, when seeing these mass rallies, spineless congressional Republicans might fear for their jobs more from the people than the dictator-in-chief.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
12 May 2025
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Some great options include small palms, hardy banana, cannas, hibiscus, spineless succulents, bedding flowers, and grasses.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
7 May 2025
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“Invertebrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/invertebrate. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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