[{"Bold_text": "adjective", "List Items": ["without firm methods or policy; weak or indecisive:namby-pamby handling of juvenile offenders.", "lacking in character, directness, or moral or emotional strength:namby-pamby writing.", "weakly sentimental, pretentious, or affected; insipid."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a namby-pamby person:written by and for namby-pambies.", "namby-pamby sentiment:the harmless namby-pamby of a birthday card.", "namby-pamby verse or prose."]}]