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• s  lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearful

• There's a pusillanimous, don't-blame-me quality to simply giving the President the keys, inviting him to take the wheel and then tsk-tsk'ing if he wrecks the thing.
• The pusillanimous result of a fever.
• He went after "pusillanimous pussyfooters" and "vicars of vacillation" and "the hopeless, hysterical hypochondriacs of history.

• poor-spirited
• unmanly

News & Articles

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• It's not just about Obama
  There has been a festival of commentary of late bemoaning the pusillanimous foreign policy of President Obama. If only we had a president who rode horses shirtless, wrestled a tiger or took a bite out of a neighboring country, we’d all feel much safer. Your Honor, I rise in — partial — defense of Mr. Obama.
  May 5, 2014 - Jackson Hole News & Guide

Quotes

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• Mike Brearley in Cricketnext.com
  Any fantasies of a quick and easy win for England were dispelled by a stubborn tail-end reaction from Australia, some puzzling tactics by England, and a not unexpected, but to my mind pusillanimous, failure to enforce the follow-on,Brearley...
• Richard Goldstone in CCTV
  Richard Goldstone, Chief UN fact Finding Mission on Gaza Conflict, said, "I would suggest the efforts by Israel to investigate the alleged violations of international law have been pusillanimous. And on the other side there has been a complete...
• David Harris in Reuters
  Judge Goldstone described Israel's own investigations into allegations of wrong-doing by IDF personnel as 'pusillanimous,'said AJC Executive Director David Harris. "I wonder what is the appropriate word for the Goldstone Commission, which...