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- noun The state or condition of being
gutless ;cowardice .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the trait of lacking courage and determination; fearful of loss or injury
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Examples
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Privately, BHP blamed Rio's "gutlessness" for its failed attempt to secure a freight premium for Australian exports to north-east Asia three years ago.
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Privately, BHP blamed Rio's "gutlessness" for its failed attempt to secure a freight premium for Australian exports to north-east Asia three years ago.
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Morkel said at a media conference after the House's adjournment that the ANC's withdrawal of its motion amounted to "gutlessness".
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Now, if his Justice Department refuses to assist Spain's investigation, then I'll agree about the "gutlessness".
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Alex Miceli, who has previously ripped Woods '"selfishness" and "gutlessness" on air, said the injury may be Woods' fault for trying to play hurt.
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Return to the Silence: Is theatre exposing the gutlessness of TV science?
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The gutlessness of Democrats reached its pinnacle in the autumn of 2010 when a mere two months before midterm elections congressional Democrats refused to bring to a vote a measure that would have brought to an end tax cuts for those making more than $250,000 a year.
America has the opportunity to usher in radical new political era | Michael Cohen 2012
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Looking back on it, you have to wonder if this was not so much gutlessness on his part but self-interest.
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Hitchens' presence was an ongoing reminder of the media's own gutlessness; its slavish tracking to the well-worn grooves of positional politics; its sensation-whoring; its cowardly tolerance of lax language; its banal predictability; its collective fear of getting canned when the next crystalline MBA takes over the newsroom.
Adam Hanft: The Hitchens Outpouring and Journalistic Self-Hatred Adam Hanft 2011
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Hitchens' presence was an ongoing reminder of the media's own gutlessness; its slavish tracking to the well-worn grooves of positional politics; its sensation-whoring; its cowardly tolerance of lax language; its banal predictability; its collective fear of getting canned when the next crystalline MBA takes over the newsroom.
Adam Hanft: The Hitchens Outpouring and Journalistic Self-Hatred Adam Hanft 2011
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