Translations for „namby-pamby“ in the English » Russian Dictionary

namby-pamby [ˌnæmbɪˈpæmbɪ] ADJ inf

namby-pamby

сентимента́льный

namby-pamby

жема́нный

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

It was quite a stark contrast to what had gone before in the '60s and '70s, which was all this kind of namby-pamby language about human potential and worker satisfaction.

www.abc.net.au

And there were no namby-pamby sentences then.

www.expressandstar.com

It's a namby-pamby response to the voters who said yes in 2014 to the idea of embarking on some sort of study into the pros and cons of amalgamation.

www.timescolonist.com

And unlike in many "real sports" nowadays, there's none of this namby-pamby everyone's-a-winner nonsense.

news.nationalpost.com

Critics generally view positive thinking as namby-pamby nonsense.

ideas.time.com

The term namby-pamby, meaning something that is excessively sentimental, comes from his name.

en.wikipedia.org

But you can't be namby-pamby and give up.

www.ew.com

We have this namby-pamby provincial government that only seems to focus on health care and education.

www.winnipegfreepress.com

Or is this the namby-pamby talk of people who always come eighth out of eight?

www.independent.ie

It was scarily efficient, catchy and accessible, without being namby-pamby or soft.

www.houstonpress.com