Sekirov Dictionary

milquetoast

UK /ˈmɪlk.təʊ̯st/US /ˈmɪlk.toʊ̯st/

adjective 1
noun 1
forms 6

adjective1

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(informal) Meek, timid; lacking character or effectiveness.
- The truth is that we are cursed with a "milquetoast" Government operating under "milquetoast" policies. Fear has become a national policy. — 1951

noun1

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(informal) A person of meek or timid disposition; a person who lacks character or effectiveness.
- That scientists favored international control of the atom made conservatives even more mistrustful. J[ohn] Parnell Thomas rued the surrender of control to such "a group of milktoasts." — 1990

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