MEANING
Lacking courage or determination.
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- gutless decision
- gutless response
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The editorial called the decision gutless.
She refused to accept a gutless compromise.
He resented being described as gutless.
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Primary category: fear. Forms: More gutless; most gutless. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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