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as in weak
lacking bodily strength
a wimpy person is not the best choice for a job with a moving company
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as in weakened
lacking strength of will or character
a wimpy effort to change the law that was doomed to failure
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Recent Examples of wimpy
Bad sesame-ginger dressings are watery, wimpy, oily or syrupy.
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Jolene Thym, Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2026
The sausage is fine, the muffin is wimpy but fine, the whole thing’s fine.
—Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit Magazine, 7 Feb. 2026
Roy Keane Last seen towering over Steve Coogan’s weirdly wimpy Mick McCarthy in the Saipan film, the mesmerising Eanna Hardwicke should just stay in character for United duty.
—Jack Lang, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2026
Rewatched today, through no foreseeable fault of the movie or actor, Davison’s wimpy, anti-social straight white loner character still looks like a caricature but feels darker.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2026
Instead of wimpy 20% or 30% discounts, a lot of items are over half off.
—Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 6 Nov. 2025
Any insightful commentary on the 1% protecting themselves is rendered rote with a wimpy, ludicrous dénouement.
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
These aren’t your run-of-the-mill wimpy tints.
—Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
And certainly to attempt to appear tough on that wimpy working-from-home nonsense.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 22 Aug. 2025
Jolene Thym, Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2026
The sausage is fine, the muffin is wimpy but fine, the whole thing’s fine.
—Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit Magazine, 7 Feb. 2026
Roy Keane Last seen towering over Steve Coogan’s weirdly wimpy Mick McCarthy in the Saipan film, the mesmerising Eanna Hardwicke should just stay in character for United duty.
—Jack Lang, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2026
Rewatched today, through no foreseeable fault of the movie or actor, Davison’s wimpy, anti-social straight white loner character still looks like a caricature but feels darker.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2026
Instead of wimpy 20% or 30% discounts, a lot of items are over half off.
—Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 6 Nov. 2025
Any insightful commentary on the 1% protecting themselves is rendered rote with a wimpy, ludicrous dénouement.
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
These aren’t your run-of-the-mill wimpy tints.
—Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
And certainly to attempt to appear tough on that wimpy working-from-home nonsense.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wimpy
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Free agency is weak, so the best bet will be the trade market.—
Michael Russo,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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The original vision of the Accords – of a rapidly expanding regional bloc openly aligned with Israel and integrated economically across the Middle East – has become a significantly weaker prospect.—
Chas Newkey-Burden,
TheWeek,
15 May 2026
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While most healthy people can recover in four to seven days without treatment, some vulnerable groups, like children under 5, adults 65 and older, and those with weakened immune systems, may experience more severe illness that requires medical treatment or hospitalization.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
12 May 2026
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The illness primarily affects older adults, people with weakened immune systems and pregnant women and their newborns, but can in some cases affect people outside of these groups, per FSIS.—
Chiara Kim,
PEOPLE,
11 May 2026
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So, in retrospect, [the entire Lightning project] looked pretty feeble.—
Jamie Lincoln Kitman,
Rolling Stone,
24 Apr. 2026
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His visit also comes as the committee stalls on advancing Casey Means, Kennedy’s nominee for surgeon general, over her lack of medical practice experience and feeble answers on the importance of vaccination.—
Daniel Payne,
STAT,
22 Apr. 2026
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For her latest appearance on the red carpet, Riley Keough was drawn to something softer.—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
15 May 2026
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For instance, as my soft secondaries and the receivers who’ll benefit most from them in fantasy football article detailed, this system grades a defensive back who allows a low yards per attempt (YPA) total but a high PPR fantasy points per game (FPPG) total as a favorable matchup.—
KC Joyner,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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