Usually means: Weak, ineffective, lacking force or conviction.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word limp-wristed:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. limp-wristed: Merriam-Webster
  2. limp-wristed: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. limp-wristed, limp-wristed: Collins English Dictionary
  4. limp-wristed: Wordnik
  5. limp-wristed: Wiktionary
  6. limp-wristed: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. limp-wristed: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. limp-wristed: Dictionary.com
  9. limp-wristed: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Limp-wristed: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. limp-wristed: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. limp-wristed: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. limp-wristed: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom

Definitions from Wiktionary (limp-wristed)

adjective:  (slang, derogatory) Weak by nature; lacking strength.
adjective:  (slang, derogatory) Of a man: having effeminate qualities or characteristics perceived to be homosexual in nature.

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