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wuss

[woos] / wʊs /










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For me, I’d rather go to the automobile museum, but that’s because I’m a wuss.

From New York Times • Jun. 18, 2024

This excerpt makes him look like a wuss!

From Slate • Nov. 9, 2022

My girlfriend, Rachel, who is not a food wuss like me, unhesitatingly and hopefully tried the stuff.

From Washington Post • Jan. 19, 2021

Gottlieb is a public figure who essentially said that Luck, a man who suffered a lacerated kidney, shoulder surgery and a concussion, among other injuries, is a wuss just like most of his generation.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 27, 2019

It was the only way I could avoid looking like a total wuss.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline




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