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Backboneless

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Without a backbone; invertebrate. literally, not-comparable

    "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. 2
    Cowardly, spineless. figuratively, not-comparable

Etymology

From backbone + -less.

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