wimpish

adjective

Definition of wimpishnext
1
as in weak
lacking bodily strength not impressed by his wimpish physique

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2
as in weakened
lacking strength of will or character it's wimpish to blame someone else for your mistakes

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  1. weak
  2. feeble
  3. soft
  4. frail
Adjective
  • Scene-to-scene continuity is typically weak and telling.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Capasa noted that a negative third quarter impacted by weak internal demand, the slowdown of purchases from Chinese customers and overall geopolitical instability kept worsening the cautious scenario already registered in the first half of the year.
    Sandra Salibian, WWD, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of weak
Adjective
  • The antihero actioner earned a feeble $4.7 million across Friday and preview screenings from 3,211 locations.
    J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 14 Dec. 2024
  • What a degrading finale for Biden’s feeble, forgettable, frequently foolish presidency.
    Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of feeble
Adjective
  • The ones that come to mind for us are easily Beyond Yoga’s super soft, smooth Spacedye tights.
    Sara Coughlin, SELF, 10 Dec. 2024
  • This expands their volume, destroying cells and making their texture soft.
    Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of soft
Adjective
  • There is nothing frail or frightened about his Scrooge.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The federal agency warned that salmonella poses a serious-to-fatal infection risk for children, frail or elderly people and others with weakened immune systems.
    Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of frail
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