backboneless — ozdic

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VERB + BACKBONELESS

don't

ADV.

such

Definitions

adj

1

Without a backbone; invertebrate.

Once, like a drunken man, I lurched forward, and fell upon my knees. Such was my backboneless state that for some seconds I remained where I was, half disposed to let things slide, accept the good the gods had sent me, and make a night of it just there.

2

Cowardly, spineless.

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Once, like a drunken man, I lurched forward, and fell upon my knees. Such was my backboneless state that for some seconds I remained where I was, half disposed to let things slide, accept the good the

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Don't be so backboneless!

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In some senses, backboneless is marked as figuratively, literally. Watch for register when choosing this word.