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

Every monster has unique strengths and weaknesses, and each demands a different response.

— Jeff DeGraff, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
As rules and institutions constrain less and brute power matters more, countries will seek partners to help them blunt sanctions, access critical technologies, compensate for military weaknesses, expand their room for maneuver, and resist isolation.

— Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of weakness

Noun

Recently, the most exciting thing about Sheeran seemed to be his cowardice.

— Naaman Zhou, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2026
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

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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