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fitful collapse: intermittently stopping and starting; "fitful (or interrupted) sleep"; "off-and-on static"; occurring in spells and often abruptly; "fitful bursts of energy"; "spasmodic rifle fire"

unsteady collapse: subject to change or variation; "her unsteady walk"; "his hand was unsteady as he poured the wine"; "an unsteady voice"

inconstant collapse: likely to change frequently often without apparent or cogent reason; variable; "inconstant affections"; "an inconstant lover"; "swear not by...the inconstant moon"- Shakespeare

desultory collapse: marked by lack of definite plan or regularity or purpose; jumping from one thing to another; "desultory thoughts"; "the desultory conversation characteristic of cocktail parties"

patchy collapse: irregular or uneven in quality, texture, etc.; "a patchy essay"; "patchy fog"

uncertain collapse: ambiguous (especially in the negative); "she spoke in no uncertain terms"; not established beyond doubt; still undecided or unknown; "an uncertain future"; "a manuscript of uncertain origin"; "plans are still uncertain"; "changes of great if uncertain consequences"; "without further evidence his story must remain uncertain"; lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance; "uncertain of his convictions"; "unsure of himself and his future"; "moving with uncertain (or unsure) steps"; "an uncertain smile"; "touched the ornaments with uncertain fingers"; not certain to occur; not inevitable; "everything is uncertain about the army"; "the issue is uncertain"; not consistent or dependable; "an uncertain recollection of events"; "a gun with a rather uncertain trigger"

eccentric collapse: a person with an unusual or odd personality; not having a common center; not concentric; "eccentric circles"

scrapple collapse: scraps of meat (usually pork) boiled with cornmeal and shaped into loaves for slicing and frying

forcemeat collapse: mixture of ground raw chicken and mushrooms with pistachios and truffles and onions and parsley and lots of butter and bound with eggs

broken collapse: physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split; "a broken mirror"; "a broken tooth"; "a broken leg"; "his neck is broken"; (especially of promises or contracts) having been violated or disregarded; "broken (or unkept) promises"; "broken contracts"; not continuous in space, time, or sequence or varying abruptly; "broken lines of defense"; "a broken cable transmission"; "broken sleep"; "tear off the stub above the broken line"; "a broken note"; "broken sobs"; lacking a part or parts; "a broken set of encyclopedia"; discontinuous; "broken clouds"; "broken sunshine"; out of working order (`busted' is an informal substitute for `broken'); "a broken washing machine"; "the coke machine is broken"; "the coke machine is busted"; destroyed financially; "the broken fortunes of the family"; weakened and infirm; "broken health resulting from alcoholism"; thrown into a state of disarray or confusion; "troops fleeing in broken ranks"; "a confused mass of papers on the desk"; "the small disordered room"; "with everything so upset"; imperfectly spoken or written; "broken English"; subdued or brought low in condition or status; "brought low"; "a broken man"; "his broken spirit"; topographically very uneven; "broken terrain"; "rugged ground"; tamed or trained to obey; "a horse broken to the saddle"; "this old nag is well broken in"

erratic collapse: liable to sudden unpredictable change; "erratic behavior"; "fickle weather"; "mercurial twists of temperament"; "a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next"; likely to perform unpredictably; "erratic winds are the bane of a sailor"; "a temperamental motor; sometimes it would start and sometimes it wouldn't"; "that beautiful but temperamental instrument the flute"- Osbert Lancaster; having no fixed course; "an erratic comet"; "his life followed a wandering course"; "a planetary vagabond"

capricious collapse: determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; "a capricious refusal"; "authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious"; "the victim of whimsical persecutions"; changeable; "a capricious summer breeze"; "freakish weather"

aspic collapse: savory jelly based on fish or meat stock used as a mold for meats or vegetables

unsettled collapse: not yet settled; "unsettled territory"; not settled or established; "an unsettled lifestyle"; still in doubt; "an unsettled issue"; "an unsettled state of mind"

wandering collapse: travelling about without any clear destination; "she followed him in his wanderings and looked after him"

varying collapse: marked by diversity or difference; "the varying angles of roof slope"; "nature is infinitely variable"

diversified collapse: having variety of character or form or components; or having increased variety; "a diversified musical program ranging from classical to modern"; "diversified farming"; "diversified manufacturing"; "diversified scenery"; "diversified investments"

hamburger collapse: a sandwich consisting of a fried cake of minced beef served on a bun, often with other ingredients

irregular collapse: merchandise that has imperfections; usually sold at a reduced price without the brand name; not occurring at expected times; independent in behavior or thought; "she led a somewhat irregular private life"; "maverick politicians"; of a surface; not level or flat; "walking was difficult on the irregular cobblestoned surface"; lacking continuity or regularity; "an irregular worker"; "employed on a temporary basis"; contrary to rule or accepted order or general practice; "irregular hiring practices"; (of solids) not having clear dimensions that can be measured; volume must be determined with the principle of liquid displacement; (used of the military) not belonging to or engaged in by regular army forces; "irregular troops"; "irregular warfare"

barbecue collapse: a rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors; a cookout in which food is cooked over an open fire; especially a whole animal carcass roasted on a spit; meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce

pluralistic collapse: of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of pluralism; "a pluralistic culture"

nervy collapse: showing or requiring courage and contempt of danger; "the nervy feats of mountaineers"

mutable collapse: capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature; "a mutable substance"; "the mutable ways of fortune"; "mutable weather patterns"; "a mutable foreign policy"

unorthodox collapse: breaking with convention or tradition; "an unorthodox lifestyle"

divaricate collapse: spread apart; "divaricate one's fingers"; branch off; "The road divaricates here"

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