spinelessness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spinelessness
Noun
  • With a newfound sense of self, Murderbot is forced to hide its disgust for human weakness and emotion.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 16 May 2025
  • Proton Mail encourages you to save a recovery key in the form of a lengthy code and a QR code, but that recovery key itself now becomes a weakness.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • South African President Cyril Ramaphosa characterized the flight of Afrikaners from his country as an act of cowardice.
    Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 14 May 2025
  • The variety of wounds, which were mainly found in the skull, pelvis and torso, and made by weapons including spears, daggers, swords and iron bolts, suggests they were sustained during battle rather than the result of execution – the punishment for military cowardice, the museum said.
    Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Reid’s statement was striking for its sheer pusillanimity.
    Adam S. Posen, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2015
  • What a profile in pusillanimity.
    The Editorial Board, WSJ, 23 May 2022
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“Spinelessness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spinelessness. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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