wimpy

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Recent Examples of wimpy These aren’t your run-of-the-mill wimpy tints. Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025 Tasters agreed a meaty fillet was ideal—no wimpy, flaccid bites allowed. Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Sep. 2025 And certainly to attempt to appear tough on that wimpy working-from-home nonsense. The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 22 Aug. 2025 So what’s likely to happen is that driverless cars will be very wimpy drivers, slowing down—and angering—everybody. Rodney Brooks, IEEE Spectrum, 27 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wimpy
Adjective
  • What has changed is that higher ed itself is arguably weaker than ever.
    Emma Green, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
  • In fact, weather models vary widely on how strong Lorenzo could get in the coming days, ranging from a weak tropical storm to a Category 2 hurricane, the hurricane center said.
    Doyle Rice, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Women who drink 1–3 cups of green tea daily may have lower rates of weakened bones and loss of bone mass.
    Lauren Manaker MS, Verywell Health, 10 Oct. 2025
  • People with weakened immune systems are also highly vulnerable.
    Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The festival unfolds at a particularly tenuous time for the documentary field, which for the past several years has faced a feeble acquisition market.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Cupping was quite popular among feeble white women in North America, and those same marks, Daria knew, were present on her own body, concealed beneath her loose T-shirt.
    Catherine Lacey, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The actress kept the rest of her look casual and texture-focused, pairing her mary janes with a soft gray sweater featuring an oversized ruffle neckline and a raw-hem denim miniskirt.
    Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2025
  • By cutting t-shirts into continuous strips and giving them a gentle stretch, the fabric curls into a soft, versatile yarn.
    Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2025

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“Wimpy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wimpy. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.

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