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noun • woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat • a timid defenseless simpleton who is readily preyed upon • a docile and vulnerable person who would rather follow than make an independent decision | ||||
| 35% | 9 | Feckless, drunk, selfish and ultimately downright odious | ||
adjective satellite • lacking or characterized by lack of ambition or initiative | ||||
| 32% | 10 | Initiative to take control or seize the initiative | ||
noun • the judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject • the right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property) • the right to purchase something in advance of others • a prior appropriation of something | ||||
Odious Ultimately Servile Character One Lacking Initiative
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SHEEP which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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SHEEP
Updated: October 14, 2023
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1 | Feckless, drunk, selfish and ultimately downright odious
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23 Jun 2003 | The Guardian Quiptic / 23 Jun 2003 |
2 | Fiddle Peter is running that's lacking in initiative
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3 | Initiative to take control or seize the initiative | |
4 | Lacking initiative (informal)
The Guardian Quick -
23 Nov 2016 | The Guardian Quick / 23 Nov 2016 |
5 | Odious
New York Times -
10 Jan 1976 | New York Times / 10 Jan 1976 |
6 | One lacking initiative (but better than a goat?)
The Guardian Quick -
17 Mar 2007 | The Guardian Quick / 17 Mar 2007 |
7 | Reprehensible and odious |