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gutless

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gut·less  (gtls)
adj. Slang
1. Lacking courage or drive.
2. Lacking substance; weak or insignificant.

gutless·ness n.

gutless [ˈgʌtlɪs]
adj
Informal lacking courage or determination
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.gutless - lacking courage or vitality; "he was a yellow gutless worm"; "a spineless craven fellow"
gutsy, plucky - marked by courage and determination in the face of difficulties or danger; robust and uninhibited; "you have to admire her; it was a gutsy thing to do"; "the gutsy...intensity of her musical involvement"-Judith Crist; "a gutsy red wine"
2.gutless - weak in willpower, courage or vitality
weak - wanting in physical strength; "a weak pillar"

gutless
adjective faint-hearted, weak, cowardly, chicken (slang), craven, feeble, timid, abject, submissive, spineless, boneless, irresolute, chickenshit (U.S. slang), lily-livered By attacking his wife, he has proved himself to be a gutless coward.
brave, bold, courageous, resolute
Translations
gutless [ˈgʌtlɪs] ADJcobarde, sin agallas
gutless [ˈgʌtləs] adj (= cowardly) → qui a les foies blancs
gut reaction nréaction f instinctive
gutless
adj (fig inf)feige
gutless [ˈgʌtlɪs] adj (fam) → vigliacco/a, che non ha fegato


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But, having carried out a gutless crime, McKevitt - who had boasted to friends how he "chickened" or choked 54-year-old Pauline Beattie at her home in Anfield - was too gutless to appear in the dock for his sentencing.
One aspect of the present invention relates to a method for treating a vascular disease by introducing a DNA sequence encoding a TM protein or its variant into a segment of a blood vessel ex vivo using a gutless adenovirus vector.
We have gutless MPs who should be demanding that the death penalty be brought back and gutless judges who refuse to hand down deterrent sentences should be fired.
 
 
 
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