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- adjective lacking
courage
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Examples
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"People don't realize how courageous Franklin Roosevelt was until they look at somebody like Barack Obama and realize how 'uncourageous' he is.
Asia Times Online 2010
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Suddenly the uncourageous become courageous because of that one man
Question?... 2009
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Suddenly the uncourageous become courageous because of that one man
Question?... 2009
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Many entirely uncourageous and even, I suppose, cowardly people have been tortured and survived it.
Obama Campaign Condemns Wes Clark's Comments About McCain 2009
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I think it reflects poorly on him to be so slow and uncourageous - demanding candidates to pay visits to his shrine in vain.
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Intelligence officers now routinely purchase special professional liability insurance to cover potential legal costs, because they cannot count on their uncourageous leaders to stand up and take responsibility when intelligence operations go wrong.
Frank Naif: It's Gonna Take More Than The Perfect DNI Appointment To Fix Our Broken Spy Culture 2009
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Despite the impetus to go green, these are uncourageous times for industry.
Tom Hayes: Computers Should be Held to the Same Standard as Cars 2009
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No wonder we are always stuck with uncourageous, "do anything, say anything" politicians.
Kristen Breitweiser: Barack the Politician With a Smokescreen to Block 2008
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I was delighted to discover that a ‘poltroon’ is ‘an ignoble, uncourageous person; a base coward’; high praise indeed for a deluded, immoral creep like Peter Hain.
On Peter Hain 2007
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Even though she represents the second most liberal state in the union, she's a particularly uncourageous candidate.
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