[nam-bee-pam-bee] 
adjective, noun, plural -bies for 4.| 1. | without firm methods or policy; weak or indecisive: namby-pamby handling of juvenile offenders. |
| 2. | lacking in character, directness, or moral or emotional strength: namby-pamby writing. |
| 3. | weakly sentimental, pretentious, or affected; insipid. |
| 4. | a namby-pamby person: written by and for namby-pambies. |
| 5. | namby-pamby sentiment: the harmless namby-pamby of a birthday card. |
| 6. | namby-pamby verse or prose. |
