Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Deficient in conviction or courage; timid.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Wanting in courage; depressed by fear; easily discouraged or frightened; cowardly; timorous; dejected.
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- adjective Lacking
courage ;timid
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective lacking conviction or boldness or courage
- adjective lacking conviction or boldness or courage
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Examples
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This is not a play for the faint-hearted, but it is a celebration of life, love, and country.
Lonna Saunders: Dr. King's Volcanic Mountaintop Seductively Explosive Lonna Saunders 2011
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They share the land with intimidating creatures like the bull snake above—a constrictor that can grow as long as 8 feet—and other fauna best avoided by the faint-hearted.
Photo-Op: Big Bender 2011
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As anyone who saw his show at the Photographers' Gallery in London in 2003 will know, Enrique Metinides's work is not for the faint-hearted.
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He turned and twisted, schemed and devised, bludgeoned and bullied the weaker ones, kept the faint-hearted in the fight, and had no mercy on the deserter.
Chapter XXI 2010
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Well, loosen your belts, because it's not for the faint-hearted, nor the low-cholesterol dieter.
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Starting a literary magazine is an adventure not for the faint-hearted or the easily discouraged.
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Similarly, the New English's bone china heart isn't a gift for the faint-hearted.
The Dark Side of Fine Bone China Nicole Swengley 2011
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Regulating pornography is not for the faint-hearted.
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Our nation was not built by faint-hearted cowards and couch potatoes.
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Until that time when the meaning of it all shall flash out upon the world, the race will be hidebound in callousness and in faint-hearted melancholy.
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