SPINELESSNESS Synonyms: 91 Similar and Opposite Words

spinelessness

noun

Definition of spinelessness

as in weakness

the quality or state of lacking strength of will or character the spinelessness that the grown woman has shown in dealing with her overbearing mother

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as in fearfulness

a shameful lack of courage in the face of danger charged the midshipman with sickening spinelessness under fire

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Recent Examples of spinelessness Some protesters are there to boo and shame Benitez for her spinelessness. — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2025

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Noun

Researchers point out that this ability could make maritime simulations more realistic while helping identify weaknesses in operational plans.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
Summary Several investor rights firms are threatening class actions against into Suja Life after its stock plummeted following disappointing Q2 earnings and reduced guidance, attributed to grocery channel weakness.

— Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of weakness

Noun

Freedom has spent weeks exposing the WNBA’s cowardice on transgender eligibility, demanding the league protect biological women from male competition.

— Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026
The tension, the uncertainty, the hovering between bravery and cowardice captures some of what fascinated me in Muriel Rukeyser’s novel Savage Coast.

— Anne E. Fernald, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of cowardice

Noun

If such pusillanimity continues, Democrats risk losing their party to a band of true believers no less destructive than the furthest extremes of the MAGA movement.

— James Kirchick, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026
Given the President’s long-standing support for corporate tax cuts and deregulation of industry, this pusillanimity is perhaps not so surprising.

— John Cassidy, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025

Definition of pusillanimity

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