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namby-pamby
[nam-bee-pam-bee]
adjective
without firm methods or policy; weak or indecisive.
namby-pamby handling of juvenile offenders.
lacking in character, directness, or moral or emotional strength.
namby-pamby writing.
weakly sentimental, pretentious, or affected; insipid.
noun
plural
namby-pambiesa namby-pamby person.
written by and for namby-pambies.
namby-pamby sentiment.
the harmless namby-pamby of a birthday card.
namby-pamby verse or prose.
namby-pamby
/ ˌæɪˈæɪ /
adjective
sentimental or prim in a weak insipid way
namby-pamby manners
clinging, feeble, or spineless
a namby-pamby child
noun
a person who is namby-pamby
Other 51Թ Forms
- namby-pambiness noun
- namby-pambyism noun
- namby-pambyish adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of namby-pamby1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of namby-pamby1
Example Sentences
“We need a food czar who’s tough, not these namby-pamby bureaucrats that don’t really want to ruffle any feathers.”
The tackle was brilliant and set the tone for a proper game of football and not this namby-pamby interpretation of what modernists think the game should be.
Viewers are led to believe that, by refusing to get the shot, they're getting one over on those namby-pamby Democrats.
One that emphasizes the physical over namby-pamby paper-pushing, and speaks to old stereotypes of virility, strength and machismo.
She said her party suffers from "people who have been namby-pamby, lie down and allow the Democrats to walk all over them."
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