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weak-kneed
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Princeton's WordNet
weak-kneedadjective
lacking will power or resolution
"the role of the dissenter is not for the weak-kneed"
Wiktionary
weak-kneedadjective
Lacking will power or strength of character; timid.
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weak-kneed
Weak-kneed generally refers to a lack of courage or determination; fearful or having a propensity to capitulate or surrender easily due to intimidation, pressure or fear. It can also literally refer to an individual who has physically weak or unstable knees.
Webster Dictionary
Weak-kneedadjective
having weak knees; hence, easily yielding; wanting resolution
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of weak-kneed in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of weak-kneed in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of weak-kneed in a Sentence
There’s a lot of bleeding hearts around who just don’t like to see people with helmets and guns. All I can say is ‘go on and bleed.’ But it’s more important to keep law and order in this society than to be worried about weak-kneed people who don’t like the looks of a soldier’s helmet, how far would you go?
I'm so dismayed by weak-kneed Republicans that will not stand up to this, that won't be the strong voice that we need.
Undoubtedly this report will embarrass The Obama administration because the White House has gone out of its way to try to appease the Muslim Brotherhood, and so this report I think dramatically undercuts the Obama presidency’s weak-kneed approach on this matter.
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