Sentence:  I remember, when I was a child, being taken to the celebrated Barnum's circus, which contained an exhibition of freaks and monstrosities, but the exhibit [...] which I most desired to see was the one described as "The <WSD>Boneless</WSD> Wonder." My parents judged that the spectacle would be too revolting and demoralizing for my youthful eyes, and I have waited fifty years to see the <WSD>boneless</WSD> wonder sitting on the Treasury Bench. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Lacking strength, courage, or resolve; spineless.