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Vinony

spineless

adjective

  1. having no spine or sharp-pointed process
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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English spine Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English spineless From spine + -less.

  1. Having no spines, prickles, or thorns.
  2. Having no spinal column.
  3. Cowardly, uncourageous; lacking character.

    “If this results in a society which MacIntyre has criticized as being the province of the manager, the aesthete and the analyst, types almost sinister in their philosophical lightmindedness, superficiality, programmed uninterestingness, and their depressingly spineless willingness to grant the presence of 'despicable types' for the sake of political freedom, then so be it.”

    “Killership requires a person to become brave and polite. It is not deal of weakwilled and spineless people. This deal likes neither cheating nor foolishness.”