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weak-kneed

adj

Definitions

  1. Lacking will power or strength of character

    Lacking will power or strength of character; timid.

    • It is incontrovertible that the children grow up into rotten adults, without virility or stamina, a weak-kneed, narrow-chested, listless breed, that crumples up and goes down in the brute struggle for life.

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see weak, kneed.

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