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Adjective: spineless  spIn-lus
  1. Weak in willpower, courage or vitality
    - namby-pamby, gutless, wishy-washy
     
  2. Lacking a backbone or spinal column
    "worms are an example of spineless animals"
    - invertebrate
     
  3. Lacking spiny processes
    "spineless fins"
     
  4. Lacking thorns
    - thornless

See also: spinelessness, unarmed, weak

Antonym: spinous

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spindle-tree family
spindling
spindly
spindrift
spin-dry
spine
spine-chilling
spine-chillingly
spinel
spinel ruby
spineless
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spinelessness
spinet
spine-tingling
spine-tinglingly
spine-tipped
spinifex
spininess
spinmeister
spinnability