ninny
Example Sentences
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He did not call Utah Sen. Mitt Romney, who was in attendance at the Senate meeting, a ninny.
From Slate • Jun. 15, 2024
Jane Austen wrote takedowns of this kind of ninny two centuries ago — how fun to see Pike update her twit to the post-Y2K era.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2024
The people who are from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan would have you believe that you are a ninny because you might wish for such a thing.
From Washington Post • Jan. 4, 2018
Siegfried can seem a passive ninny in the traditional “Swan Lake”; here he’s even more passive and delusional.
From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2015
And would he just stand here like a jittery ninny or would he pull himself together and be reasonable?
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
