Translations for „pusillanimous“ in the English » German Dictionary

pu·sil·lani·mous [ˌpju:sɪˈlænɪməs, Am -ˈlænə-] ADJ form

pusillanimous

kleinmütig form

pusillanimous

verzagt form

pusillanimous

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Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

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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Most writers on the war are pusillanimous about it and tend to avoid it altogether.

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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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The pusillanimous, self-hating era among public servants began.

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Yes, dear reader, we are a lazy, pusillanimous nation.

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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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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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To perceive their mission as simply a defensive response to military interventions is both historically illiterate and morally pusillanimous.

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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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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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