软弱无 meaning in English

the proposal is wishy washy

It was originally designed to provide a framework for governing 13 weak and desperate former colonies .
它的原来目的在于提供一个基础，以治理十三个软弱无助的前殖民地。
But most of the time , we have not prepared , so we are weak . we are not strong enough to walk out , so we have to stay in the negative atmosphere for a while until it dies down
但大多时候，人们并没有准备好，所以才很软弱无助，没有足够力量克服那种情况，他们必须处在那种否定的气氛里一阵子，直到那种气氛消失为止。