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Namby-pamby
01
an insipid weakling who is foolishly sentimental
Disapproving
Informal
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Human
Composition
Compound
Countable
singular
not gender specific
Plural form
namby-pambies
Examples
He dismissed the spokesman as a namby-pamby who lacked the courage to take a stand.
namby-pamby
01
weak in willpower, courage or vitality
Disapproving
Informal
Grammatical Information
Composition
Compound
qualitative
Superlative
most namby-pamby
Comparative
more namby-pamby
gradable
domain
character, behavior, evaluation
Examples
They criticized his namby-pamby response to the crisis.
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