Meaning of backboneless | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Without a backbone; invertebrate.
   literally, not-comparable
2. Cowardly, spineless.
   figuratively, not-comparable

Examples

“Once, like a drunken man, I lurched forward, and fell upon my knees. Such was my backboneless state that for some seconds I remained where I was, half disposed to let things slide, accept the good the gods had sent me, and make a night of it just there.”

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