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• n  an insipid weakling who is foolishly sentimental
• s  weak in willpower, courage or vitality

• But Gates has been neither ideological nor namby-pamby.
• They caught the nagging, namby-pamby nonsense of Glow-Worm.
• That doesn't sound like a namby-pamby centrism to me.

• gutless
• spineless
• wishy-washy

News & Articles

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• Anti-anti-sexism expert Christina Hoff Sommers has repeatedly warned America that boy-hating educato
  Anti-anti-sexism expert Christina Hoff Sommers has repeatedly warned America that boy-hating educators are forcing children to play namby-pamby things like "Circle of Friends," in lieu of traditional, vigorous games of tag. "Circle of Friends," Amanda Hess discovered, is freeze tag . Read more...        
  Sept. 23, 2013 - Gawker

Quotes

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• Michael Jacobson in Forbes
  It's so namby-pamby I think people will shrug it off,said Michael Jacobson of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, a Washington-based advocacy organization.
• Allan Gotlieb in 940 News
  He was one tough bird,Allan Gotlieb, former Canadian ambassador to the United States, told the Globe. "He was extremely direct and totally unfearful of the consequences of his comments. He was the diametric opposite of the namby-pamby...
• Michael Caine in Los Angeles Times
  It's an extraordinary thing to get,says Caine, trim and fit at 76, of the honor from the movie exhibitors' convention. "They are tough. There is no sentiment there. I have to been to ShoWest before. They are not a namby-pamby crowd."