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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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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Those weak harvests, in turn, are due to drought and high temperatures and more generally climate change, which has negatively impacted coffee harvests for several years.—
Jaclyn Diaz,
NPR,
21 July 2025
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It is considered a serious condition and can be dangerous or life-threatening, especially to older adults, people with weak immune systems, and pregnant women.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
21 July 2025
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Snow petrels are the southernmost breeding vertebrate, found across Antarctica and the subantarctic islands.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
12 July 2025
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Pterosaurs were the first vertebrates to achieve powered flight, followed much later by birds and bats, Reuters reported.—
Sara Chernikoff,
USA Today,
10 July 2025
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The collection offers a fascinating glimpse into a world in transition, when earlier animals, such as armed herbivores and crocodile-like carnivores, co-existed with (relatively speaking) more modern creatures, such as early frogs, pterosaurs, and turtles.—
Rosie McCall,
Discover Magazine,
14 July 2025
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The fossil is also similar to the herbivore edmontosaurus, a larger four-legged dinosaur that roamed the region alongside fierce predators like the Tyrannosaurus rex.—
Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
9 July 2025
Adjective
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Expected soft opening: August 2025 Details: 1325 Grand Ave., Suite 6, Phoenix.—
Bahar Anooshahr,
AZCentral.com,
21 July 2025
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Those soft ticket sales suggest that nostalgia isn’t nearly as potent as Sony might have hoped when greenlighting the slasher sequel and reuniting the original 1998 film’s stars, Freddie Prinze Jr. and Jennifer Love Hewitt.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
20 July 2025
Noun
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The collection offers a fascinating glimpse into a world in transition, when earlier animals, such as armed herbivores and crocodile-like carnivores, co-existed with (relatively speaking) more modern creatures, such as early frogs, pterosaurs, and turtles.—
Rosie McCall,
Discover Magazine,
14 July 2025
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Rabies is a fatal viral disease primarily found in bats and wild carnivores, such as raccoons, skunks, and foxes, also referred to as rabies vector species.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
14 July 2025
Adjective
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Today’s Republican Party is a bunch of weak, spineless cowards who cower in obedient terror at Trump’s feet.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
12 July 2025
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An erect, sprawling, and spineless cactus, the flowers are white, fragrant, and measure 12 inches long and 8 inches wide.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
15 June 2025
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“Invertebrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/invertebrate. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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