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SPINELESSNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spinelessness mean? 

SPINELESSNESS (noun)
  The noun SPINELESSNESS has 1 sense:

1. the quality of lacking a strong character; an irresolute dispositionplay

  Familiarity information: SPINELESSNESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SPINELESSNESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of lacking a strong character; an irresolute disposition

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("spinelessness" is a kind of...):

meekness; subduedness (a disposition to be patient and long suffering)

Derivation:

spineless (weak in willpower, courage or vitality)


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