wimpy

From wimp + -y.

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• Rhymes: -ɪmpi

wimpy (comparative wimpier, superlative wimpiest)

1. (informal, often derogatory) Having the characteristics of a wimp; feeble, indecisive, cowardly.
   • 1990 February 4, Margy Dowzer, Mary Frances Platt, Aviva Shmuckler, “Disability And Accessibility Cost Money!”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 29, page 13:

     I used to think it as wimpy or a cop-out to say "mixed class" or "lower middle class." But at this point it seems like the most accurate label.

   • 1995, HAL Laboratory, EarthBound, Nintendo, Super Nintendo Entertainment System:

     You don't want to waste your time fighting wimpy enemies, do you?