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as in coward
a person without strength of character
what kind of wimp would just give in to peer pressure?
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as in weakness
the quality or state of lacking strength of will or character
the galling wimpishness of the legislator who votes "present" whenever there's a vote on a hot-button issue
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Recent Examples of wimp
Kelly Tyko, Axios, 3 Apr. 2025
But the character, in Groening’s view, turned out to be a wimp.
—Darryn King, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
The hard labor of making Wabanaki baskets Wabanaki basket-making isn’t for wimps.
—Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2024
Compared to 88-year-old percussion master Pete Escovedo, Keith Sweat, John Michael Montgomery, Frankie Beverly and the members of the Eagles and Aventura seem like, well, wimps.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2024
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Kelly, a bit of a spice wimp, needed sips of the sweet pickle lemonade to handle the heat.
—Kelly Tyko, Axios, 3 Apr. 2025
But the character, in Groening’s view, turned out to be a wimp.
—Darryn King, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
The hard labor of making Wabanaki baskets Wabanaki basket-making isn’t for wimps.
—Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2024
Compared to 88-year-old percussion master Pete Escovedo, Keith Sweat, John Michael Montgomery, Frankie Beverly and the members of the Eagles and Aventura seem like, well, wimps.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2024
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“Wimp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wimp. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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