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As a producer, sitting on the other side of the desk, I have never once had an agent go out on a limb for his client and fight for him. I've never heard one say, 'No, just a minute! This is the actor you should use.' They will always say, 'You don't like him? I've got somebody else.' They're totally spineless.
Orson Welles

Meaning of "spineless" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SPINELESS

spineless  [ˈspaɪnlɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPINELESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Spineless is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SPINELESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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This is a list of experiments from the Disney animated Lilo & Stitch franchise, a series of fictional characters, most of which make their first appearances in Lilo & Stitch: The Series. These experiments are genetically engineered creatures created by Dr. Jumba Jookiba in his lab at "Galaxy Defense Industries", with the assistance of Dr. Jacques von Hämsterviel who funded the projects with "shady" business deals. Prior to the events of Lilo & Stitch, every experiment created was dehydrated into a small orb called an "experiment pod" and stored in a special container for transport. In Stitch! The Movie, the container was purposely opened and the pods rained down on the island of Kauaʻi. The experiments within the pods are reactivated upon contact with water, a point of concern because many of the experiments are dangerous and Kauaʻi hosts one of the wettest spots on Earth. Upon encountering each experiment, Stitch's human friend and partner Lilo gives the experiment a name just as she gave Stitch his name.

Definition of spineless in the English dictionary

The first definition of spineless in the dictionary is lacking a backbone; invertebrate. Other definition of spineless is having no spiny processes. Spineless is also lacking strength of character, resolution, or courage.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SPINELESS


boneless
ˈbəʊnlɪs
brainless
ˈbreɪnlɪs
brineless
ˈbraɪnlɪs
chainless
ˈtʃeɪnlɪs
chinless
ˈtʃɪnlɪs
designless
dɪˈzaɪnlɪs
dimensionless
daɪˈmenʃənlɪs
finless
ˈfɪnlɪs
maneless
ˈmeɪnlɪs
motionless
ˈməʊʃənlɪs
paneless
ˈpeɪnlɪs
rainless
ˈreɪnlɪs
reinless
ˈreɪnlɪs
sinless
ˈsɪnlɪs
spinless
ˈspɪnlɪs
stainless
ˈsteɪnlɪs
vaneless
ˈveɪnlɪs
veinless
ˈveɪnlɪs
vineless
ˈvaɪnlɪs
winless
ˈwɪnlɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SPINELESS

spindly
spindrift
spine
spine-basher
spine-bashing
spine-chiller
spine-chilling
spine-tingling
spined
spinel
spinelessly
spinelessness
spinelike
spinescence
spinescent
spinet
spinier
spiniest
spiniferous
spinifex

WORDS THAT END LIKE SPINELESS

bottomless
careless
clueless
faceless
homeless
hopeless
lifeless
loveless
nameless
nevertheless
nonetheless
priceless
senseless
shameless
sleeveless
tasteless
timeless
tireless
tubeless
useless
wireless

Synonyms and antonyms of spineless in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SPINELESS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «spineless» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of spineless

Translation of «spineless» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SPINELESS

Find out the translation of spineless to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of spineless from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «spineless» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

骨气
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sin espinas
570 millions of speakers

English

spineless
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अति दुर्बल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ضعيف الشخصية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мягкотелым
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

covarde
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মেরূদণ্ডহীন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

invertébré
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Spineless
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ohne Rückgrat
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ひ弱な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

척추
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Spineless
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhu nhược
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முதுகெலும்பில்லாத
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बेपर्वा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

omurgasız
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

smidollato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kręgosłupa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

м´якотілим
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fără șira spinării
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ασπόνδυλο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ruggraatlose
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ryggradslös
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ryggesløs
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of spineless

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SPINELESS»

The term «spineless» is regularly used and occupies the 75.922 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SPINELESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «spineless» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «spineless» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about spineless

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5 QUOTES WITH «SPINELESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word spineless.
1
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
These are international criminals, and the spineless Democrats are doing nothing about it.
2
LZ Granderson
The ugly truth is it's the spineless parents who parade their undisciplined children around like royalty that make people dislike kids.
3
Frank Lautenberg
One thing I have learned in my time in politics is that if one of the parties is shameless, the other party cannot afford to be spineless.
4
Jesse Ventura
Democrats are so spineless, so afraid to go against the tide... but dissension is the greatest form of patriotism.
5
Orson Welles
As a producer, sitting on the other side of the desk, I have never once had an agent go out on a limb for his client and fight for him. I've never heard one say, 'No, just a minute! This is the actor you should use.' They will always say, 'You don't like him? I've got somebody else.' They're totally spineless.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPINELESS»

Discover the use of spineless in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to spineless and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Spineless: Dealing with Pests and Pals In Your Home and Backyard
When the bandicoots are digging up the lawn, the cockatoos have peeled the flashing off the roof and a bird is trying to mate with the car window reach for Spineless, a useful little book that will help you identify the pests (and pals) ...
Bronwen Scott, 2009
2
Psychopathy: Antisocial, Criminal, and Violent Behavior
THE SPINELESS PSYCHOPATH Some psychopaths are habitually powerful and vicious tormentors of others. The explosive type (described next) acts in this manner periodically, and then is troubled and contrite about the conscionability of  ...
Theodore Millon, Erik Simonsen, Morten Birket-Smith, 2002
3
Spineless Wonders: Strange Tales from the Invertebrate World
Describes unusual physical and behavioral characteristics of such creatures as worms, fleas, spiders, squid, earwigs, cockroaches, leeches, and mollusks
Richard Conniff, 1997
4
Spineless
Michael Horgan. Spineless Inert and auto-underutilized, Fintan O'Keefe, bobs on the surface of. Front Cover.
Michael Horgan, 2004
5
Drought Management on Farmland
The bright flowers of the cultivars with green leaves produce a tasty fruit containing a large number of seeds, for which there is often a good local market. However, spineless cactus needs to be grown for either fodder or fruit production, not ...
Joan S. Whitmore, 2000
6
Gadsby: A Lipogram Novel
A warehouse holding copies of Gadsby burned shortly after the book was printed, destroying most copies of the ill-fated novel.
Ernest Vincent Wright, 2011
7
Hoglet the Spineless Hedgehog
'Mrs Hog had already noticed that the fourth baby was the last to do everything.
Allyson Marnoch, 2010
8
The AH Receptor in Biology and Toxicology
Ectopic expression of Spineless is sufficient to cause nuclear localization of Tango, providing further evidence that the proteins interact in vivo [33]. Like mammalian ARNT or C. elegans AHA-1, Drosophila Tango has multiple bHLH- PAS ...
Raimo Pohjanvirta, 2011
9
Browse in Africa
The method of utilization of spineless cactus will differ from farm to farm according to circumstances such as available labour, facilities, quantity of spineless cactus, etc. It is best to utilize spineless cactus in rotation so that a plantation is utilized ...
International Livestock Research Institute
10
Personality Disorders in Modern Life
Spineless (avoidant features) Basically insecure, bogus, and cowardly; venomous dominance and cruelty is counterphobic; weakness counteracted by group support; public swaggering; selects powerless scapegoats. Tyrannical ( negativistic ...
Theodore Millon, Carrie M. Millon, Sarah Meagher, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPINELESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term spineless is used in the context of the following news items.
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Spineless Meets Ugly Duckling
Dev Anand was 'spineless', V. Shantaram had 'negroid characteristics'. Bhatia's book traces the life and times of Baburao Patel, who had the reputation of being ... «Outlook, Jul 15»
2
Trump Counsel: Trump Not Worried About 'Spineless' Who Run …
Donald Trump is focused on making America great again and not on "spineless individuals" such as NBC and Macys who have "run away from him" when he is ... «Newsmax, Jul 15»
3
Hawthorne's spineless, free-spending leaders should resign
Manbahal was too spineless to stand up to his boss, making him complicit in the deceit. He should not be running the city's finances. Another person who would ... «The Daily Breeze, Jun 15»
4
Spineless Politicians Anger Finnish Prime Minister as Debts Grow
“Empty promises are thrown in the air, there are spineless politicians around who don't dare to make difficult decisions. I am worried and angry.” Across Europe ... «Bloomberg, Mar 15»
5
Cold-blooded and spineless: £500000 project celebrates North …
Cold-blooded and Spineless will see The North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Partnership bring invertebrates to the fore through research, ... «The Northern Echo, Mar 15»
6
Scott Walker's spineless silence
A NOTABLE moment of the 2008 presidential campaign came when Republican nominee John McCain faced down at a rally some of the more vitriolic haters of ... «Washington Post, Feb 15»
7
U-turn on alcohol sponsors in sport 'spineless'
U-turn on alcohol sponsors in sport 'spineless' ... by alcohol brands would be "spineless", a former GAA president has warned. ... “It will be spineless of them. «Irish Examiner, Jan 15»
8
Larry Flynt reacts to 'Charlie Hebdo' shooting, calls American media …
“I thought that was just so spineless,” Flynt told the Scripps National Desk on Thursday. “They forgot the very basic principles of satire.” The 72-year-old founder ... «The Denver Channel, Jan 15»
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US Speaker Boehner says doesn't like being called 'spineless'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner said on Thursday he doesn't like being called "spineless" or a "squish" by ... «Yahoo News, Jan 15»
10
Susan Middleton Explores the Riot of Life in the Oceans in 'Spineless'
But as the photographer and writer Susan Middleton tells us in her ravishing new book, “Spineless,” marine invertebrates make up more than 98 percent of the ... «New York Times, Dec 14»

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