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weak-kneed

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  1. weak-kneedadjective

    lacking will power or resolution

    "the role of the dissenter is not for the weak-kneed"

    Antonyms:
    resolute

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  1. weak-kneedadjective

    Synonyms:
    yielding, irresolute, pliant, vacillating

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  1. Pierre Trudeau:

    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?

  2. Bill Hagerty:

    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.

  3. Nile Gardiner:

    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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