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What is the adjective for wimpish?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb wimp which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

wimpy
  1. (informal) Having the characteristics of a wimp; feeble, indecisive, cowardly.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “He was realistic enough to know that his wimpy physique wasn't going to induce anyone to cave in to his demands.”
      “He deemed it necessary to make statements that conveyed the basic message that saving bunnies was wimpy, sissy stuff.”
      “Who wants to hit House of Pancakes with a priss who will only order a Diet Sprite and a wimpy fruit cup?”
wimpish
  1. Characteristic of a wimp.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “He was realistic enough to know that his wimpish physique wasn't going to induce anyone to cave in to his demands.”
      “Allen was never a pretty picture, but his famous nebbish looks and wimpish physique did convey a certain elfish charm.”
      “Dealing with a bully without becoming a thug yourself is not wimpish, negative passivity.”
wimplike
wimpier
  1. comparative form of wimpy: more wimpy
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  3. Examples:
    1. “As she listened to Bruce go on and on about his uncle, he sounded wimpier and wimpier.”
      “In terms of the epidemiology it is getting wimpier, but I don't know whether it is in terms of severity of disease.”
      “But testosterone-fuelled hunks may also be less likely to lie and cheat than some of their wimpier brothers, the research suggests.”
wimpiest
wimped
  1. simple past tense and past participle of wimp
wimping
  1. present participle of wimp
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