namby-pamby
Example Sentences
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She gives every impression she might regard that nickname as a bit wishy-washy, a bit namby-pamby.
From BBC • Sep. 29, 2025
“We’ve got nothing to lose and no more of this vanilla milquetoast namby-pamby … stuff that’s been going on.”
From Washington Post • Apr. 3, 2022
If what you're looking for is comfort, that's a pretty awful, namby-pamby life.
From Salon • Dec. 10, 2021
Appeals for unity sometimes come off as namby-pamby.
From Washington Times • Nov. 7, 2018
You don’t do infrared reconnaissance and maintain a civilian arsenal in some namby-pamby tree house.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
