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- out of hand
collapse - out of control; "the riots got out of hand" related words >
- abandoned,
- ad lib,
- at short notice,
- at sight,
- beyond control,
- breachy,
- by ear,
- contumacious,
- defiant,
- extemporaneously,
- extemporarily,
- extempore,
- fractious,
- go-go,
- immoderate,
- impromptu,
- incontinent,
- incorrigible,
- indocile,
- indomitable,
- indulgent,
- insuppressible,
- intemperate,
- intractable,
- irrepressible,
- lax,
- licentious,
- loose,
- nonrestrictive,
- obstreperous,
- off the cuff,
- off the hip,
- offhand,
- on sight,
- out of control,
- permissive,
- rampant,
- recalcitrant,
- refractory,
- reinless,
- resistant,
- resisting,
- restive,
- riotous,
- shrewish,
- unbiddable,
- unbridled,
- unchecked,
- uncoerced,
- uncompelled,
- unconstrained,
- uncontrollable,
- uncontrolled,
- uncurbed,
- unforced,
- ungovernable,
- ungoverned,
- uninhibited,
- unmalleable,
- unmanageable,
- unmastered,
- unmeasured,
- unmoldable,
- unmuzzled,
- unreined,
- unrepressed,
- unreserved,
- unrestrained,
- unrestrictive,
- unruly,
- unsubdued,
- unsubmissive,
- unsuppressed,
- wanton,
- wild
- impromptu
collapse
- an extemporaneous speech or remark; "a witty impromptu must not sound premeditated"
- a short musical passage that seems to have been made spontaneously without advance preparation related words >
- ad lib,
- ad libitum,
- ad-lib,
- ad-libbing,
- arrangement,
- at short notice,
- at sight,
- by ear,
- cadenza,
- caught napping,
- caught off balance,
- caught short,
- extemporaneous,
- extemporaneously,
- extemporaneousness,
- extemporarily,
- extemporariness,
- extemporary,
- extempore,
- extemporization,
- extemporized,
- flourish,
- haphazard,
- hasty,
- hot lick,
- improvisation,
- improvisatorial,
- improvise,
- improvised,
- improvision,
- improviso,
- interpolation,
- jury-rig,
- jury-rigged,
- lick,
- makeshift,
- measure,
- off the cuff,
- off the hip,
- off-the-cuff,
- offhand,
- on sight,
- out of hand,
- playing by ear,
- precipitate,
- pro tempore,
- quick,
- riff,
- rough-and-ready,
- snap,
- stopgap,
- surprised,
- taken aback,
- taken by surprise,
- taken unawares,
- temporary arrangement,
- temporary measure,
- tripped up,
- unarranged,
- unbegun,
- unconcocted,
- uncontrived,
- undeliberated,
- undevised,
- unhatched,
- unmade,
- unmanufactured,
- unorganized,
- unplanned,
- unpremeditated,
- unprepared,
- unprimed,
- unready,
- unrehearsed,
- unstudied,
- vamp
- ad lib
collapse
- without advance preparation; "he spoke ad lib" related words >
- a beneplacito,
- a discretion,
- ad arbitrium,
- ad libitum,
- ad-libbing,
- al piacere,
- arrangement,
- at choice,
- at pleasure,
- at short notice,
- at sight,
- at will,
- be caught napping,
- be surprised,
- be taken unawares,
- be unprepared,
- by ear,
- caught napping,
- caught off balance,
- caught short,
- cook up,
- dash off,
- disqualification,
- do offhand,
- extemporaneous,
- extemporaneously,
- extemporaneousness,
- extemporarily,
- extemporariness,
- extemporary,
- extempore,
- extemporization,
- extemporize,
- extemporized,
- fake,
- go off half-cocked,
- haphazard,
- hasty,
- have no plan,
- impromptu,
- improvisate,
- improvisation,
- improvisatorial,
- improvise,
- improvised,
- improvision,
- improviso,
- incapability,
- incompetence,
- jury-rig,
- jury-rigged,
- knock off,
- lack of preparation,
- lash up,
- make up,
- makeshift,
- measure,
- nonpreparation,
- nonpreparedness,
- off the cuff,
- off the hip,
- off-the-cuff,
- offhand,
- on sight,
- out of hand,
- planlessness,
- play by ear,
- playing by ear,
- precipitate,
- pro tempore,
- rough-and-ready,
- scrap the plan,
- snap,
- stopgap,
- strike off,
- surprised,
- taken aback,
- taken by surprise,
- taken unawares,
- temporary arrangement,
- temporary measure,
- throw off,
- throw together,
- toss off,
- toss out,
- tripped up,
- unarranged,
- unbegun,
- unconcocted,
- uncontrived,
- undeliberated,
- undevised,
- unfitness,
- unfittedness,
- unforced,
- unhatched,
- unmade,
- unmanufactured,
- unorganized,
- unplanned,
- unpremeditated,
- unprepared,
- unpreparedness,
- unprimed,
- unqualification,
- unqualifiedness,
- unreadiness,
- unready,
- unrehearsed,
- unstudied,
- unsuitability,
- unsuitableness,
- unsuitedness,
- vamp,
- vulnerability,
- whip up,
- whomp up,
- wing it,
- without coercion
- offhand
collapse
- casually thoughtless or inconsiderate; "an offhand manner"; "she treated most men with offhand contempt"
- in a casually inconsiderate manner; "replied offhand, his mind a million miles away"; "she threw him over offhandedly without even a Dear-John letter"
- without previous thought or preparation; "couldn't give the figures offhand"; "we decided offhand to go to Canada"; "she had made these remarks offhandedly" related words >
- Bohemian,
- abrupt,
- ad lib,
- ad libitum,
- ad-lib,
- affable,
- airily,
- airy,
- aloof,
- any old way,
- any which way,
- anyhow,
- at short notice,
- at sight,
- blase,
- brusque,
- bunglingly,
- by ear,
- by the by,
- by the way,
- careless,
- carelessly,
- casual,
- casually,
- cavalier,
- clumsily,
- cool,
- cordial,
- cursorily,
- cursory,
- curt,
- degage,
- devil-may-care,
- disregardant,
- disregardful,
- disregardfully,
- distant,
- easy,
- easygoing,
- en famille,
- en passant,
- extemporaneous,
- extemporaneously,
- extemporarily,
- extemporary,
- extempore,
- familiar,
- familiarly,
- flippant,
- folksy,
- forgetful,
- forgetfully,
- free and easy,
- glib,
- gracious,
- haphazardly,
- haymish,
- heedless,
- heedlessly,
- helter-skelter,
- hit and miss,
- hit or miss,
- homely,
- homey,
- impromptu,
- improvisatorial,
- improvise,
- improvised,
- improviso,
- in passing,
- inattentively,
- incidentally,
- inconsiderate,
- inconsiderately,
- indifferent,
- informal,
- informally,
- insouciant,
- irregular,
- jury-rigged,
- lackadaisical,
- lazy,
- light-hearted,
- loose,
- makeshift,
- messily,
- natural,
- naturally,
- nonchalant,
- oblivious,
- off the cuff,
- off the hip,
- off-the-cuff,
- offhanded,
- offhandedly,
- on sight,
- once over lightly,
- out of hand,
- parenthetically,
- perfunctorily,
- perfunctory,
- plain,
- plainly,
- promiscuously,
- reckless,
- recklessly,
- regardless,
- regardlessly,
- relaxed,
- relaxedly,
- respectless,
- sans ceremonie,
- simple,
- simply,
- slapdash,
- sloppily,
- smooth,
- sociable,
- spur-of-the-moment,
- stopgap,
- superficial,
- superficially,
- tactless,
- tactlessly,
- thoughtless,
- thoughtlessly,
- unaffected,
- unaffectedly,
- unassuming,
- unassumingly,
- unceremonious,
- unceremoniously,
- unconcerned,
- unconstrained,
- unconstrainedly,
- unconventional,
- undiplomatic,
- ungracious,
- unguardedly,
- unheedful,
- unheedfully,
- unheeding,
- unheedingly,
- uninterested,
- unmindful,
- unmindfully,
- unofficial,
- unofficially,
- unpremeditated,
- unprepared,
- unready,
- unrehearsed,
- unsolicitous,
- unsolicitously,
- unstudied,
- untactful,
- unthinking,
- unthinkingly,
- unvigilantly,
- unwarily,
- without ceremony
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