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contrived: showing effects of planning or manipulation; "a novel with a contrived ending"

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mismanaged collapse

muffed collapse

murdered collapse: killed unlawfully; "the murdered woman"; "lay a wreath on murdered Lincoln's bier"

fumbled collapse

misdirected collapse

intentional collapse: done by design; "the insult was intentional"; "willful disobedience"

butchered collapse

premeditated collapse: characterized by deliberate purpose and some degree of planning; "a premeditated crime"

scheduled collapse: planned or scheduled for some certain time or times; "the scheduled meeting"; "the scheduled flights had to be cancelled because of snow"

imaginative collapse: (used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action; "an imaginative use of material"; "the invention of the knitting frame by another ingenious English clergyman"- Lewis Mumford; "an ingenious device"; "had an inventive turn of mind"; "inventive ceramics"

unreflecting collapse

botched collapse

mannered collapse: having unnatural mannerisms; "brief, mannered and unlifelike idiom"

methodized collapse

systematized collapse: reduced to a system; "systematized knowledge"

injudicious collapse: lacking or showing lack of judgment or discretion; unwise; "an injudicious measure"; "the result of an injudicious decision"

unthoughtful collapse

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"

in the works collapse

misguided collapse: wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment; "well-meaning but misguided teachers"; "a mistaken belief"; "mistaken identity"

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

well-planned collapse

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

glossy collapse: a photograph that is printed on smooth shiny paper; (of paper and fabric and leather) having a surface made smooth and glossy especially by pressing between rollers; "calendered paper"; "a dress of glossy sateen"; having a smooth, gleaming surface; "glossy auburn hair"; "satiny gardenia petals"; "sleek black fur"; "silken eyelashes"; "silky skin"; "a silklike fabric"; "slick seals and otters"

inadvisable collapse: not prudent or wise; not recommended; "running on the ice is inadvisable"; not advisable; "an unnecessary and inadvisable action"

unadvised collapse: having received no information; "a defendant unadvised of her legal rights"

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

undiscerning collapse: lacking discernment

spurious collapse

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"

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"

impolitic collapse: not politic; "an impolitic approach to a sensitive issue"

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"

plotted collapse

tactical collapse: of or pertaining to tactic or tactics; "a tactical error"

imprudent collapse: lacking wise self-restraint; "an imprudent remark"; not prudent or wise; "very imprudent of her mother to encourage her in such silly romantic ideas"; "would be imprudent for a noneconomist to talk about the details of economic policy"- A.M.Schlesinger

unseeing collapse

rhetorical collapse: concerned with effect or style of writing and speaking; "a rhetorical question is one asked solely to produce an effect (especially to make an assertion) rather than to elicit a reply"; of or relating to rhetoric; "accepted two or three verbal and rhetorical changes I suggested"- W.A.White; "the rhetorical sin of the meaningless variation"- Lewis Mumford

indiscreet collapse: lacking discretion; injudicious; "her behavior was indiscreet at the very best"

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