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How to pronounce namby-pamby in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms gutless, spineless, wishy-washy
Type Words
Type of doormat, weakling, wuss

Examples of namby-pamby

namby-pamby
No namby-pamby mucking around, just shoot the problem bird and be done with it.
From the dailymercury.com.au
Because this girl loves zombies far more than the namby pamby vampires of late.
From the guardian.co.uk
Which short of some extreme circumstance, just makes you a namby pamby tattle tale.
From the eatocracy.cnn.com
Part of McCain's enduring charm is his impatience with namby-pamby rhetoric.
From the usatoday.com
Pro football hasn't reached the namby-pamby point where retribution is taboo, has it?
From the dailyherald.com
She used to work in London so she's got a handle on our namby-pamby Anglo Saxon ways.
From the guardian.co.uk
Longer hours, harder work, greater discipline and far fewer namby-pamby social benefits.
From the guardian.co.uk
When Eli gazes at her, it suddenly makes sense that he's such a namby-pamby milquetoast.
From the dailyherald.com
A no-nonsense coach, Fassel hardly takes a namby-pamby approach to filling out the roster.
From the omaha.com