spineless

Example Sentences

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“Maybe people do it out of desperation,” she told me, “but it’s spineless and demoralizing.”

From Slate • Jan. 20, 2026

"God help us! She is spineless, shameless and completely aimless," Badenoch told MPs.

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2025

As per Margaret Hartmann with New York Magazine's Intelligencer, the gift is "peak spineless groveling."

From Salon • Jan. 15, 2025

But they and other invertebrates are the spineless backbones of ecosystems, playing critical roles as pollinators, predators, prey and decomposers.

From New York Times • May 28, 2024

“Elinor definitely knows more stories with treasure in them than that spineless reader of yours!”

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke