gutless

English

Etymology

From gut +‎ -less.

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Adjective

gutless (not comparable)

  1. Without a gut.
    • 2015 November 16, Lanjuan Li, Infectious Microecology: Theory and Applications, Springer, →ISBN, page 213:
      This approach was firstly used in a metagenomic context to study the microbial community associated with the gutless worm Olavius algarvensis.
  2. (informal) Cowardly; lacking courage or morals.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:cowardly
    • 1996, Eric Bogosian, SubUrbia (motion picture), spoken by Jeff (Giovanni Ribisi):
      No, you lied to me. You lied to me because you're gutless. You're a gutless drunken loser.

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