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hazardous collapse: involving risk or danger; "skydiving is a hazardous sport"; "extremely risky going out in the tide and fog"; "a wild financial scheme"

bet collapse: the act of gambling; "he did it on a bet"; maintain with or as if with a bet; "I bet she will be there!"; stake on the outcome of an issue; "I bet $100 on that new horse"; "She played all her money on the dark horse"

fellow traveler collapse: a communist sympathizer (but not a member of the Communist Party)

studied collapse: produced or marked by conscious design or premeditation; "a studied smile"; "a note of biting irony and studied insult"- V.L.Parrington

designed collapse: done or made or performed with purpose and intent; "style...is more than the deliberate and designed creation"- Havelock Ellis; "games designed for all ages"; "well-designed houses"; planned or created in an artistic or skilled manner; "a beautifully designed dress"; "some Italian designed sandals have cushioning"

purposeful collapse: having meaning through having an aim; "led a happy purposeful life"; serving as or indicating the existence of a purpose or goal

victimization collapse: adversity resulting from being made a victim; "his victimization infuriated him"

calculated collapse: carefully thought out in advance; "a calculated insult"; "with measured irony"

law of averages collapse: a law affirming that in the long run probabilities will determine performance

minded collapse: (used in combination) being of a specified kind of inclination or disposition; "serious-minded"; "fair-minded"; (used in combination) mentally oriented toward something specified; "civic-minded"; "career-minded"

predisposed collapse: made susceptible; "because of conditions in the mine, miners are predisposed to lung disease"

house of cards collapse: an unstable construction with playing cards; "he built three levels of his cardcastle before it collapsed"; a speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control; "his proposal was nothing but a house of cards"; "a real estate bubble"

figured collapse: (of e.g. fabric design) adorned with patterns; "my dress is richly figured"- Amy Lowell

conjecture collapse: reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence

adventurous collapse: willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises; "adventurous pioneers"; "the risks and gains of an adventuresome economy"

threat collapse: declaration of an intention or a determination to inflict harm on another; "his threat to kill me was quite explicit"; a warning that something unpleasant is imminent; "they were under threat of arrest"

gamble collapse: a risky act or venture; money that is risked for possible monetary gain; play games for money; take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; "When you buy these stocks you are gambling"

wildcat collapse: any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild; (of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive; "drilling there would be strictly a wildcat operation"; "a wildcat mine"; "wildcat drilling"; "wildcat wells"; outside the bounds of legitimate or ethical business practices; "wildcat currency issued by irresponsible banks"; "wildcat stock speculation"; "a wildcat airline"; "wildcat life insurance schemes"

projected collapse: planned for the future; "the first volume of a proposed series"

arranged collapse: deliberately arranged for effect; "one of those artfully staged photographs"; planned in advance; "an arranged marriage"; disposed or placed in a particular kind of order; "the carefully arranged chessmen"; "haphazardly arranged interlobular septa"; "comfortable chairs arranged around the fireplace"

self-deception collapse: a misconception that is favorable to the person who holds it

insubstantiality collapse: lacking substance or reality; lack of solid substance and strength

shaped collapse: shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort); "a shaped handgrip"; "the molded steel plates"; "the wrought silver bracelet"; having the shape of; "a square shaped playing field"

strategic collapse: highly important to or an integral part of a strategy or plan of action especially in war; "a strategic chess move"; "strategic withdrawal"; "strategic bombing missions"; relating to or concerned with strategy; "strategic weapon"; "the islands are of strategic importance"; "strategic considerations"

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