pencil-necked

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English

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Adjective

pencil-necked (comparative more pencil-necked, superlative most pencil-necked)

  1. Having a very thin neck.
  2. (idiomatic, US, derogatory) Insubstantial; weak.
    That pencil-necked geek isn't going to stop me.
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