gutlessness
- n the trait of lacking courage and determination; fearful of loss or injury
- Then it was Tom, who twice got away but whose gutlessness drove him back finally to stay.
- And in modern poetry, which has come far from Robbie Burns, gutlessness may be an advantage; in novels, however, it is still a defect.
- Translation: With their characteristic caution, which often borders on gutlessness, the Saudis are waiting for others to do the work for them.