If you describe someone or their behaviour as faint-hearted, you mean that they are not very confident and do not take strong action because they are afraid of failing.
This is no time to be faint-hearted.
The voters may be ready to punish the politicians who devised a faint-hearted solidaritypact.
Synonyms: timid, weak, cowardly, diffident More Synonyms of faint-hearted
2.
See not for the faint-hearted
faint-hearted in British English
or fainthearted (ˌfeɪntˈhɑːtɪd)
noun
1. the faint-hearted
2. not for the faint-hearted
adjective
3.
lacking in courage
This is no time to be faint-hearted.
The voters may be ready to punish the politicians who devised a faint-hearted solidaritypact.
Examples of 'faint-hearted' in a sentence
faint-hearted
Fund managers are not for the faint-hearted investor.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
This is not a time for the faint-hearted.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Can he rally the faint-hearted in times of despair?
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Not for the faint-hearted investor.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Certainly, the past few days have not been for the faint-hearted investor.