spinelessness

From spineless + -ness.

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɑɪn.ləs.nəs/

spinelessness (uncountable)

1. The state or quality of being spineless (not having a spine (literally or figuratively)); cowardice.
   • 2021 December 1, Nigel Harris, “IRP snuffs out 'levelling up'”, in RAIL, number 945, page 3:

     Johnson's political spinelessness is a betrayal not just of the North, but the whole country, and its ramifications will wreak havoc with the life chances and prospects of generations to come.

• “spinelessness”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

• penislessness