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pusillanimous [Brit ˌpjuːsɪˈlanɪməs, Am ˌpjusəˈlænəməs] ADJ form

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Perhaps that's why some of us are insomniacs; night is so precious that it would be pusillanimous to sleep all through it!
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The valorous soldier versus the pusillanimous civilian and the patriotic soldier versus unpatriotic civilian are false binaries on which a militarised society thrives.
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I think one of the greatest stumbling blocks on our path as a nation is that we have chosen to be pusillanimous about confronting our problems headlong.
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My verdict is that they are pusillanimous or, at worst, truculent towards customary law.
city-press.news24.com
Yes, dear reader, we are a lazy, pusillanimous nation.
www.dailyreckoning.com.au
Most writers on the war are pusillanimous about it and tend to avoid it altogether.
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He will be content to excel doing the small things but will remain pusillanimous in big things where the windfalls are.
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But it is important to realize that just as pusillanimous media perform no service, misanthropic ones may not perform a service either.
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Managing such incident in a single city should be a cakewalk for you, but unfortunately your police forces were also become pusillanimous.
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This was not just pusillanimous; it was cruel.
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