as in cowards
a person without strength of character
those namby-pambies at city hall are never going to get serious about our crime problem
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Noun
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We are told that politics is for cowards, literary analysis is for women, education is a system of liberal indoctrination, brave individuals must resist the herd.—
Robert Rubsam,
Vulture,
18 Sep. 2025 -
But Democrats look like cowards for fleeing the state.—
Nicole Russell,
USA Today,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Rather than adding or removing reeds to balance fragrance impact in the space, adjust its room placement to fit its size or swap it for one that better matches your scent goals.—
Patricia Shannon,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 Nov. 2025
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Because of the weir, the 220-acre lagoon can’t flow freely to the ocean and is slowly filling with silt and reeds.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Sep. 2025
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However, not all jellyfish are as scary.—
Taryn White,
Travel + Leisure,
29 Oct. 2025
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The presence of a semipermeable faunal boundary in the North Atlantic Current was suggested by the absence, below the 47th parallel, of knobless Botrynema brucei ellinorae jellyfish.—
Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,
Harpers Magazine,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Namby-pambies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/namby-pambies. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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