From spine + -less.
spineless (comparative more spineless, superlative most spineless)
- Having no spines, prickles, or thorns.
- Synonyms: unspined, unspiny
- Antonyms: spined, spiny
- Coordinate terms: barbless, thornless (sometimes synonymous)
- Having no spinal column.
- Synonym: invertebrate
- Cowardly, uncourageous; lacking character.
- Synonyms: invertebrate; gutless, boneless (British); see also Thesaurus:cowardly
uncourageous
- Belarusian: бесхара́ктарны (bjesxaráktarny), бесхрыбе́тны (bjesxrybjétny), мяккаце́лы (mjakkacjély), бязво́льны (be) (bjazvólʹny)
- Bulgarian: безхара́ктерен (bg) (bezharákteren)
- Estonian: selgrootu
- Finnish: selkärangaton (fi)
- French: lâche (fr)
- German: rückgratlos (de), willenlos (de)
- Hebrew: חֲסַר חוּט שִׁדְרָה m (ḥasár ḥut shidrá), חֲסַר עַמּוּד שִׁדְרָה m (ḥasár 'amúd shidrá)
- Maori: hūngoingoi
- Polish: tchórzliwy (pl)
- Russian: бесхара́ктерный (ru) (besxarákternyj), бесхребе́тный (ru) (besxrebétnyj), мягкоте́лый (ru) (mjaxkotélyj), безво́льный (ru) (bezvólʹnyj)
- Swedish: ryggradslös (sv)
- Turkish: ödlek (tr), tabansız (tr) (figurative)
- Ukrainian: безхара́ктерний (uk) (bezxarákternyj), м'якоті́лий (mʺjakotílyj), безві́льний (bezvílʹnyj), безхребе́тний (uk) (bezxrebétnyj)
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