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mealy-mouthed

 adjective
     
mealy-mouthed
not brave enough or honest enough to say clearly and directly what you really think - used in order to show disapproval:
Most people felt Mr Major fought a pretty mealy-mouthed campaign in which radical ideas were either dropped or blunted.
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