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related words >
abuse
,
active use
,
appliance
,
application
,
atrocity
,
batter
,
bleed
,
bleed white
,
bruise
,
buffet
,
consumption
,
do violence to
,
do wrong by
,
do wrong to
,
drain
,
employ
,
employment
,
exercise
,
exertion
,
exploit
,
good use
,
hard usage
,
hard use
,
ill use
,
ill-treat
,
ill-treatment
,
ill-usage
,
impose upon
,
injure
,
injury
,
knock about
,
make use of
,
maltreat
,
maltreatment
,
manhandle
,
manipulate
,
maul
,
milk
,
mishandle
,
mistreat
,
mistreatment
,
misuse
,
molest
,
molestation
,
outrage
,
play on
,
presume upon
,
rough
,
rough up
,
rough usage
,
savage
,
stroke
,
suck dry
,
take advantage of
,
usage
,
use
,
use ill
,
using up
,
violation
,
violence
,
work on
,
work upon
,
wrong use
exertion
collapse
related words >
action
,
active use
,
activity
,
appliance
,
application
,
assiduity
,
assiduousness
,
consumption
,
determination
,
diligence
,
drive
,
effort
,
elbow grease
,
employ
,
employment
,
endeavor
,
exercise
,
exercising
,
good use
,
hard pull
,
hard usage
,
hard use
,
ill use
,
industry
,
misuse
,
operation
,
pains
,
push
,
resolution
,
rough usage
,
sedulity
,
sedulousness
,
strain
,
striving
,
struggle
,
toil
,
trouble
,
usage
,
use
,
using up
,
while
,
work
,
wrong use
murdered
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killed unlawfully; "the murdered woman"; "lay a wreath on murdered Lincoln's bier"
related words >
botched
,
bungled
,
butchered
,
fumbled
,
ill-advised
,
ill-considered
,
ill-contrived
,
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misguided
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spoiled
fumbled
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related words >
botched
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bungled
,
butchered
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ill-advised
,
ill-considered
,
ill-contrived
,
ill-devised
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ill-done
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related words >
botched
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bungled
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,
ill-advised
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ill-considered
,
ill-contrived
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ill-devised
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misguided
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mismanaged
,
murdered
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negligent
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spoiled
mismanaged
collapse
related words >
botched
,
bungled
,
butchered
,
fumbled
,
ill-advised
,
ill-considered
,
ill-contrived
,
ill-devised
,
ill-done
,
ill-executed
,
ill-managed
,
impolitic
,
misconducted
,
misdirected
,
misguided
,
muffed
,
murdered
,
negligent
,
spoiled
misdirected
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related words >
botched
,
bungled
,
butchered
,
fumbled
,
ill-advised
,
ill-considered
,
ill-contrived
,
ill-devised
,
ill-done
,
ill-executed
,
ill-managed
,
impolitic
,
misadvised
,
misconducted
,
misguided
,
misinformed
,
misinstructed
,
misled
,
mismanaged
,
mistaught
,
muffed
,
murdered
,
negligent
,
spoiled
butchered
collapse
related words >
botched
,
bungled
,
castrated
,
cut short
,
docked
,
fumbled
,
garbled
,
hashed
,
ill-advised
,
ill-considered
,
ill-contrived
,
ill-devised
,
ill-done
,
ill-executed
,
ill-managed
,
impolitic
,
lopped
,
mangled
,
misconducted
,
misdirected
,
misguided
,
mismanaged
,
muffed
,
murdered
,
mutilated
,
negligent
,
spoiled
,
truncated
parlance
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a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language
related words >
choice of words
,
composition
,
dialect
,
diction
,
expression
,
formulation
,
grammar
,
idiom
,
jargon
,
language
,
langue
,
lingo
,
lingua
,
locution
,
parole
,
personal usage
,
phrase
,
phraseology
,
phrasing
,
rhetoric
,
speech
,
talk
,
tongue
,
usage
,
use of words
,
usus loquendi
,
verbiage
,
wordage
,
wording
ill-natured
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having an irritable and unpleasant disposition
related words >
bad-tempered
,
bitter
,
crabbed
,
cranky
,
cross
,
crusty
,
dour
,
evil-disposed
,
evil-tempered
,
gloomy
,
ill-affected
,
ill-conditioned
,
ill-disposed
,
ill-humored
,
ill-intentioned
,
ill-tempered
,
malevolent
,
morose
,
petulant
,
sour
,
sulky
misuse
collapse
improper or excessive use
related words >
abuse
,
active use
,
adulterate
,
adulteration
,
alloy
,
appliance
,
application
,
barbarism
,
befoul
,
befouling
,
bias
,
bleed
,
bleed white
,
canker
,
catachresis
,
cheapen
,
clerical error
,
coarsen
,
color
,
confound
,
consumption
,
contaminate
,
contamination
,
convert
,
corrigendum
,
corrupt
,
corruption
,
debase
,
debauch
,
defalcate
,
defile
,
defilement
,
deflower
,
degenerate
,
degrade
,
denature
,
deprave
,
desecrate
,
despoil
,
devalue
,
distort
,
diversion
,
divert
,
diverting
,
do amiss
,
drain
,
embezzle
,
employ
,
employment
,
envenoming
,
erratum
,
error
,
exercise
,
exertion
,
exploit
,
failure
,
false coloring
,
fault
,
faute
,
festering
,
foul
,
fouling
,
garble
,
good use
,
hard usage
,
hard use
,
human error
,
ill use
,
ill-treat
,
ill-use
,
impose upon
,
infect
,
infection
,
infelicity
,
make use of
,
maladminister
,
malapropism
,
maltreat
,
manipulate
,
milk
,
misapplication
,
misapply
,
misapprehension
,
misappropriate
,
misappropriation
,
miscalculation
,
miscall
,
miscarriage
,
miscite
,
misconception
,
misconduct
,
misconstruction
,
misconstrue
,
miscount
,
misdeal
,
misdirect
,
misdirection
,
misemploy
,
misemployment
,
misfield
,
mishandle
,
misidentification
,
misinterpret
,
misinterpretation
,
misjudgment
,
mismanage
,
misplay
,
misprint
,
misquotation
,
misquote
,
misread
,
misrender
,
misreport
,
misrepresent
,
misrepresentation
,
miss
,
misspell
,
misstatement
,
mistake
,
mistreat
,
mistreatment
,
misunderstanding
,
misusage
,
outrage
,
peculate
,
perversion
,
pervert
,
pilfer
,
play on
,
poison
,
poisoning
,
pollute
,
pollution
,
presume upon
,
profane
,
prostitute
,
prostitution
,
ravage
,
ravish
,
rough usage
,
slant
,
slanting
,
solecism
,
strain
,
straining
,
stroke
,
suck dry
,
suppuration
,
taint
,
take advantage of
,
torture
,
torturing
,
twist
,
typo
,
typographical error
,
ulcerate
,
usage
,
use
,
use ill
,
using up
,
varnish
,
violate
,
vitiate
,
vitiation
,
vulgarize
,
warp
,
work on
,
work upon
,
wrong use
unadapted
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not having adapted to new conditions; "several unadjusted refugees"
not changed in form or character for a purpose
related words >
disqualified
,
ill-adapted
,
ill-assorted
,
ill-chosen
,
ill-equipped
,
ill-fitted
,
ill-furnished
,
ill-matched
,
ill-provided
,
ill-qualified
,
ill-sorted
,
ill-suited
,
ill-timed
,
improper
,
inadequate
,
inadmissible
,
inapplicable
,
inapposite
,
inappropriate
,
inapt
,
incapable
,
incompetent
,
ineffective
,
ineffectual
,
inept
,
infelicitous
,
irrelevant
,
mal a propos
,
maladjusted
,
malapropos
,
misjoined
,
mismatched
,
mismated
,
misplaced
,
not equal to
,
not up to
,
out of character
,
out of joint
,
out of keeping
,
out of line
,
out of place
,
out of proportion
,
out of season
,
out of time
,
out of tune
,
unable
,
unadjusted
,
unapt
,
unarmed
,
unbecoming
,
unbefitting
,
unequipped
,
unfit
,
unfitted
,
unfitting
,
unprovided
,
unqualified
,
unseasonable
,
unseemly
,
unsuitable
,
unsuited
,
untimely
unsuited
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related words >
disappointing
,
disqualified
,
ill-adapted
,
ill-assorted
,
ill-chosen
,
ill-equipped
,
ill-fitted
,
ill-furnished
,
ill-matched
,
ill-provided
,
ill-sorted
,
ill-suited
,
ill-timed
,
improper
,
inadequate
,
inadmissible
,
inapplicable
,
inapposite
,
inappropriate
,
inapt
,
incapable
,
incompetent
,
inept
,
infelicitous
,
irrelevant
,
mal a propos
,
maladjusted
,
malapropos
,
misjoined
,
mismatched
,
mismated
,
misplaced
,
objectionable
,
out of character
,
out of joint
,
out of keeping
,
out of line
,
out of place
,
out of proportion
,
out of season
,
out of time
,
out of tune
,
unacceptable
,
unadapted
,
unapt
,
unarmed
,
unbecoming
,
unbefitting
,
unequipped
,
unfit
,
unfitted
,
unfitting
,
unmeet
,
unprovided
,
unqualified
,
unseasonable
,
unseemly
,
unsuitable
,
untimely
unequipped
collapse
without necessary physical or intellectual equipment; "guerrillas unequipped for a pitched battle"; "unequipped for jobs in a modern technological society"
related words >
disqualified
,
ill-equipped
,
ill-fitted
,
ill-furnished
,
ill-provided
,
ill-qualified
,
inadequate
,
incapable
,
incompetent
,
ineffective
,
ineffectual
,
ineligible
,
maladjusted
,
not equal to
,
not up to
,
unable
,
unadapted
,
unadjusted
,
unarmed
,
unfit
,
unfitted
,
unprovided
,
unqualified
,
unsuited
out of character
collapse
related words >
ill-adapted
,
ill-assorted
,
ill-chosen
,
ill-fitted
,
ill-matched
,
ill-sorted
,
ill-suited
,
ill-timed
,
improper
,
inadmissible
,
inapplicable
,
inapposite
,
inappropriate
,
inapt
,
inept
,
infelicitous
,
irrelevant
,
mal a propos
,
maladjusted
,
malapropos
,
misjoined
,
mismatched
,
mismated
,
misplaced
,
out of joint
,
out of keeping
,
out of line
,
out of place
,
out of proportion
,
out of season
,
out of time
,
out of tune
,
unadapted
,
unapt
,
unbecoming
,
unbefitting
,
unfit
,
unfitted
,
unfitting
,
unqualified
,
unseasonable
,
unseemly
,
unsuitable
,
unsuited
,
untimely
lingo
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related words >
argot
,
cant
,
dialect
,
gibberish
,
gobbledygook
,
idiom
,
jargon
,
language
,
langue
,
lingua
,
locution
,
mumbo jumbo
,
mumbo-jumbo
,
parlance
,
parole
,
patois
,
patter
,
personal usage
,
phraseology
,
pidgin
,
scatology
,
slang
,
speech
,
taboo language
,
talk
,
tongue
,
usage
,
vernacular
,
vocabulary
,
vulgar language
out of keeping
collapse
related words >
ill-adapted
,
ill-assorted
,
ill-chosen
,
ill-fitted
,
ill-matched
,
ill-sorted
,
ill-suited
,
ill-timed
,
improper
,
inadmissible
,
inapplicable
,
inapposite
,
inappropriate
,
inapt
,
inept
,
infelicitous
,
irrelevant
,
mal a propos
,
maladjusted
,
malapropos
,
misjoined
,
mismatched
,
mismated
,
misplaced
,
out of character
,
out of joint
,
out of line
,
out of order
,
out of place
,
out of proportion
,
out of season
,
out of step
,
out of time
,
out of tune
,
out of turn
,
unadapted
,
unapt
,
unbecoming
,
unbefitting
,
unfit
,
unfitted
,
unfitting
,
unqualified
,
unseasonable
,
unseemly
,
unsuitable
,
unsuited
,
untimely
social convention
collapse
related words >
bon ton
,
conformity
,
consuetude
,
convention
,
custom
,
established way
,
etiquette
,
fashion
,
folkway
,
manner
,
manners
,
mores
,
observance
,
practice
,
praxis
,
prescription
,
proper thing
,
ritual
,
standard behavior
,
standard usage
,
standing custom
,
time-honored practice
,
tradition
,
usage
,
use
,
way
,
what is done
,
wont
,
wonting
maladjusted
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not well adjusted; "a maladjusted carburetor"
poorly adjusted to demands and stresses of daily living; "a maladjusted child"
related words >
ill-adapted
,
ill-assorted
,
ill-chosen
,
ill-fitted
,
ill-matched
,
ill-qualified
,
ill-sorted
,
ill-suited
,
ill-timed
,
improper
,
inadequate
,
inadmissible
,
inapplicable
,
inapposite
,
inappropriate
,
inapt
,
incapable
,
incompetent
,
ineffective
,
ineffectual
,
inept
,
infelicitous
,
irrelevant
,
mal a propos
,
malapropos
,
misjoined
,
mismatched
,
mismated
,
misplaced
,
not equal to
,
not up to
,
out of character
,
out of joint
,
out of keeping
,
out of line
,
out of place
,
out of proportion
,
out of season
,
out of time
,
out of tune
,
unable
,
unadapted
,
unadjusted
,
unapt
,
unbecoming
,
unbefitting
,
unequipped
,
unfit
,
unfitted
,
unfitting
,
unqualified
,
unseasonable
,
unseemly
,
unsuitable
,
unsuited
,
untimely
ill-humored
collapse
related words >
argumental
,
argumentative
,
bad-tempered
,
combative
,
contentious
,
controversial
,
dialectic
,
disputatious
,
eristic
,
evil-tempered
,
ill-affected
,
ill-disposed
,
ill-natured
,
ill-tempered
,
litigious
,
logomachic
,
pilpulistic
,
polemic
,
pro and con
,
quarrelsome
employ
collapse
related words >
active use
,
activities
,
activity
,
add
,
affair
,
affairs
,
appliance
,
application
,
apply
,
attend to business
,
attendance
,
avail
,
bag
,
bespeak
,
bestow
,
book
,
brief
,
business
,
busy
,
carry on
,
commerce
,
commission
,
concern
,
concernment
,
conduct
,
consecrate to
,
consume
,
consumption
,
contract for
,
dedicate to
,
devote
,
do
,
do with
,
employment
,
engage
,
engage in
,
engross
,
enlist
,
enterprise
,
exercise
,
exert
,
exertion
,
expend
,
exploit
,
follow
,
function
,
give over to
,
give to
,
go in for
,
good use
,
handle
,
hard usage
,
hard use
,
hire
,
ill use
,
interest
,
involve
,
labor
,
lookout
,
make use of
,
manage
,
manipulate
,
matter
,
mind the store
,
ministration
,
ministry
,
misuse
,
monopolize
,
obtain
,
occupation
,
occupy
,
operate
,
pass
,
pass the time
,
peonage
,
play
,
ply
,
practice
,
preengage
,
procure
,
prosecute
,
pursue
,
put forth
,
put in
,
put on
,
put out
,
recruit
,
reserve
,
retain
,
rough usage
,
secure
,
serfdom
,
service
,
servitium
,
servitorship
,
servitude
,
sign
,
sign on
,
sign up
,
sign up for
,
slavery
,
specialize in
,
spend
,
spend the time
,
tackle
,
take into employment
,
take on
,
take to
,
take up
,
tendance
,
thing
,
undertake
,
undertaking
,
usage
,
use
,
use up
,
using up
,
utilize
,
wage
,
while
,
while away
,
wield
,
wile
,
work
,
work at
,
wrong use
botched
collapse
related words >
blighted
,
bungled
,
bungling
,
butchered
,
clumsy
,
deficient
,
destroyed
,
fumbled
,
half-assed
,
haphazard
,
hit-and-miss
,
hit-or-miss
,
ill-advised
,
ill-considered
,
ill-contrived
,
ill-devised
,
ill-done
,
ill-executed
,
ill-managed
,
impolitic
,
marred
,
messy
,
misconducted
,
misdirected
,
misguided
,
mismanaged
,
muffed
,
murdered
,
negligent
,
promiscuous
,
ruined
,
slipshod
,
slipshoddy
,
sloppy
,
slovenly
,
sluttish
,
spoiled
,
spoilt
,
untidy
,
wrecked
ill-suited
collapse
related words >
bad
,
futile
,
ill-adapted
,
ill-advised
,
ill-assorted
,
ill-chosen
,
ill-considered
,
ill-fitted
,
ill-matched
,
ill-sorted
,
ill-timed
,
impolitic
,
improper
,
inadmissible
,
inadvisable
,
inapplicable
,
inapposite
,
inappropriate
,
inapt
,
incongruous
,
inept
,
inexpedient
,
infelicitous
,
inopportune
,
irrelevant
,
mal a propos
,
maladjusted
,
malapropos
,
misjoined
,
mismatched
,
mismated
,
misplaced
,
out of character
,
out of joint
,
out of keeping
,
out of line
,
out of place
,
out of proportion
,
out of season
,
out of time
,
out of tune
,
unadapted
,
unapt
,
unbecoming
,
unbefitting
,
undesirable
,
unfit
,
unfitted
,
unfitting
,
unfortunate
,
unhappy
,
unmeet
,
unprofitable
,
unqualified
,
unseasonable
,
unseemly
,
unsuitable
,
unsuited
,
untimely
,
unwise
,
wrong
misguided
collapse
wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment; "well-meaning but misguided teachers"; "a mistaken belief"; "mistaken identity"
related words >
botched
,
bungled
,
butchered
,
erroneous
,
fallacious
,
foolish
,
fumbled
,
ill-advised
,
ill-considered
,
ill-contrived
,
ill-devised
,
ill-done
,
ill-executed
,
ill-gauged
,
ill-judged
,
ill-managed
,
impolitic
,
imprudent
,
inadvisable
,
inconsiderate
,
indiscreet
,
inexpedient
,
injudicious
,
insensate
,
irrational
,
mindless
,
misadvised
,
misconducted
,
misdirected
,
misinformed
,
misinstructed
,
misled
,
mismanaged
,
misplaced
,
mistaken
,
mistaught
,
muffed
,
murdered
,
myopic
,
negligent
,
reasonless
,
reckless
,
senseless
,
shortsighted
,
spoiled
,
thoughtless
,
unadvised
,
uncalled-for
,
unconsidered
,
undiscerning
,
unforeseeing
,
unreasonable
,
unreflecting
,
unreflective
,
unseeing
,
unsensible
,
unsound
,
unthinking
,
unthoughtful
,
unwise
,
witless
,
wrong
ill-gotten
collapse
related words >
amoral
,
conscienceless
,
corrupt
,
corrupted
,
criminal
,
crooked
,
dark
,
devious
,
dishonest
,
dishonorable
,
doubtful
,
dubious
,
evasive
,
evil-eyed
,
evil-faced
,
evil-fashioned
,
evil-favored
,
evil-gotten
,
evil-looking
,
evil-minded
,
felonious
,
fishy
,
fraudulent
,
ill-affected
,
ill-conceived
,
ill-fashioned
,
ill-favored
,
ill-got
,
ill-looking
,
ill-shaped
,
immoral
,
indirect
,
insidious
,
not kosher
,
questionable
,
rotten
,
shady
,
shameless
,
shifty
,
sinister
,
slippery
,
suspicious
,
tricky
,
unconscienced
,
unconscientious
,
unconscionable
,
underhand
,
underhanded
,
unethical
,
unprincipled
,
unsavory
,
unscrupulous
,
unstraightforward
,
without remorse
,
without shame
unreflecting
collapse
related words >
arbitrary
,
capricious
,
careless
,
heedless
,
ill-advised
,
ill-considered
,
ill-contrived
,
ill-devised
,
ill-gauged
,
ill-judged
,
impolitic
,
imprudent
,
inadvertent
,
inadvisable
,
inconsiderate
,
indiscreet
,
inexpedient
,
injudicious
,
insensate
,
irrational
,
mindless
,
misadvised
,
misguided
,
myopic
,
reasonless
,
reckless
,
senseless
,
shortsighted
,
thoughtless
,
unadvised
,
uncalculating
,
unconsidered
,
undiscerning
,
unforeseeing
,
unguarded
,
unreasonable
,
unreasoning
,
unreflective
,
unseeing
,
unsensible
,
unsound
,
unthinking
,
unthoughtful
,
unwise
,
witless
disqualified
collapse
disqualified by law or rule or provision
barred from competition for violation of rules; "a disqualified player"
related words >
crippled
,
disabled
,
disarmed
,
hamstrung
,
hog-tied
,
ill-equipped
,
ill-fitted
,
ill-furnished
,
ill-provided
,
incapable
,
incapacitated
,
incompetent
,
ineligible
,
invalidated
,
paralyzed
,
prostrate
,
unadapted
,
unarmed
,
unequipped
,
unfit
,
unfitted
,
unprovided
,
unqualified
,
unsuited
mismatched
collapse
(of a contest or contestants) not fairly matched as opponents; "vaudeville...waged an uneven battle against the church"
either not matched or unsuitably matched
related words >
asymmetric
,
discordant
,
disparate
,
disproportionate
,
ill-adapted
,
ill-assorted
,
ill-chosen
,
ill-fitted
,
ill-matched
,
ill-sorted
,
ill-suited
,
ill-timed
,
improper
,
inadequate
,
inadmissible
,
inapplicable
,
inapposite
,
inappropriate
,
inapt
,
incompatible
,
incongruous
,
inconsistent
,
inept
,
infelicitous
,
inharmonious
,
insufficient
,
irregular
,
irrelevant
,
mal a propos
,
maladjusted
,
malapropos
,
misjoined
,
mismated
,
misplaced
,
odd
,
out of character
,
out of joint
,
out of keeping
,
out of line
,
out of place
,
out of proportion
,
out of season
,
out of time
,
out of tune
,
skew
,
skewed
,
unadapted
,
unapt
,
unbecoming
,
unbefitting
,
uncongenial
,
unequal
,
uneven
,
unfit
,
unfitted
,
unfitting
,
unqualified
,
unseasonable
,
unseemly
,
unsuitable
,
unsuited
,
untimely
inapposite
collapse
of an inappropriate or misapplied nature
related words >
adrift
,
beside the mark
,
beside the point
,
beside the question
,
extraneous
,
extrinsic
,
foreign
,
ill-adapted
,
ill-assorted
,
ill-chosen
,
ill-fitted
,
ill-matched
,
ill-sorted
,
ill-suited
,
ill-timed
,
immaterial
,
impertinent
,
improper
,
inadmissible
,
inapplicable
,
inappropriate
,
inapt
,
incidental
,
inconsequent
,
inept
,
infelicitous
,
irrelative
,
irrelevant
,
mal a propos
,
maladjusted
,
malapropos
,
misjoined
,
mismatched
,
mismated
,
misplaced
,
nihil ad rem
,
nonessential
,
not at issue
,
off the subject
,
out of character
,
out of joint
,
out of keeping
,
out of line
,
out of place
,
out of proportion
,
out of season
,
out of time
,
out of tune
,
out-of-the-way
,
parenthetical
,
unadapted
,
unapt
,
unbecoming
,
unbefitting
,
unessential
,
unfit
,
unfitted
,
unfitting
,
unqualified
,
unseasonable
,
unseemly
,
unsuitable
ill-timed
collapse
badly timed; "an ill-timed intervention"; "you think my intrusion unseasonable"; "an untimely remark"; "it was the wrong moment for a joke"
related words >
bad
,
futile
,
ill-adapted
,
ill-advised
,
ill-assorted
,
ill-chosen
,
ill-considered
,
ill-fitted
,
ill-matched
,
ill-seasoned
,
ill-sorted
,
ill-suited
,
impolitic
,
improper
,
inadmissible
,
inadvisable
,
inapplicable
,
inapposite
,
inappropriate
,
inapt
,
inauspicious
,
incongruous
,
inconvenient
,
inept
,
inexpedient
,
infelicitous
,
inopportune
,
intempestive
,
intrusive
,
irrelevant
,
late
,
mal a propos
,
maladjusted
,
malapropos
,
misjoined
,
mismatched
,
mismated
,
misplaced
,
mistimed
,
off base
,
out of character
,
out of joint
,
out of keeping
,
out of line
,
out of phase
,
out of place
,
out of proportion
,
out of season
,
out of time
,
out of tune
,
premature
,
too late
,
too soon
,
unadapted
,
unapt
,
unbecoming
,
unbefitting
,
undesirable
,
unfavorable
,
unfit
,
unfitted
,
unfitting
,
unfortunate
,
unhandy
,
unhappy
,
unlucky
,
unmeet
,
unprofitable
,
unpropitious
,
unqualified
,
unready
,
unripe
,
unseasonable
,
unseemly
,
unsuitable
,
unsuited
,
untimely
,
untoward
,
unwise
,
wrong
usage
collapse
related words >
acceptance
,
acceptation
,
acception
,
active use
,
adjectival phrase
,
antonym
,
appliance
,
application
,
articulation
,
automatism
,
bad habit
,
bon ton
,
care
,
ceremony
,
characteristic
,
choice
,
choice of words
,
clause
,
composition
,
conformity
,
construction
,
consuetude
,
consumption
,
convenance
,
convention
,
creature of habit
,
custodianship
,
custom
,
dialect
,
diction
,
employ
,
employment
,
established way
,
etiquette
,
exercise
,
exertion
,
expression
,
fashion
,
folkway
,
force of habit
,
form
,
formality
,
formulation
,
free form
,
good use
,
grammar
,
guidance
,
guiding
,
habit
,
habit pattern
,
habitude
,
handling
,
hard usage
,
hard use
,
headed group
,
homograph
,
homonym
,
homophone
,
idiom
,
idiotism
,
ill use
,
language
,
langue
,
lead
,
lexeme
,
lingo
,
lingua
,
linguistic form
,
locution
,
logos
,
management
,
manipulation
,
manner
,
manner of speaking
,
manners
,
means of dealing
,
metonym
,
minimum free form
,
misuse
,
monosyllable
,
mores
,
noun phrase
,
observance
,
operation
,
paragraph
,
parlance
,
parole
,
pattern
,
peculiar expression
,
peculiarity
,
period
,
personal usage
,
phrasal idiom
,
phrase
,
phraseology
,
phrasing
,
polysyllable
,
practice
,
praxis
,
preference
,
prescription
,
procedure
,
proceeding
,
process
,
proper thing
,
received meaning
,
rhetoric
,
ritual
,
rough usage
,
routine
,
second nature
,
sentence
,
set phrase
,
social convention
,
speech
,
standard behavior
,
standard phrase
,
standard usage
,
standing custom
,
stereotype
,
stereotyped behavior
,
stewardship
,
syllable
,
synonym
,
syntactic structure
,
talk
,
term
,
time-honored practice
,
tongue
,
tradition
,
treatment
,
trick
,
turn of expression
,
turn of phrase
,
use
,
use of words
,
using up
,
usus loquendi
,
utterance
,
verb complex
,
verb phrase
,
verbalism
,
verbiage
,
verbum
,
vocable
,
way
,
way of speaking
,
what is done
,
wont
,
wonting
,
word
,
word-group
,
wordage
,
wording
,
wrong use
unprovided
collapse
related words >
bare-handed
,
beggarly
,
disqualified
,
empty-handed
,
famished
,
half-starved
,
ill off
,
ill-equipped
,
ill-fitted
,
ill-furnished
,
ill-provided
,
impoverished
,
incapable
,
incompetent
,
on short commons
,
pauperized
,
poor
,
shorthanded
,
starved
,
starveling
,
starving
,
unadapted
,
unarmed
,
underfed
,
undermanned
,
undernourished
,
unequipped
,
unfed
,
unfit
,
unfitted
,
unqualified
,
unreplenished
,
unsuited
,
unsupplied
ill-equipped
collapse
poorly supplied with physical equipment; "the school was ill-equipped"
related words >
bare-handed
,
beggarly
,
disqualified
,
empty-handed
,
famished
,
half-starved
,
ill off
,
ill-fitted
,
ill-furnished
,
ill-provided
,
impoverished
,
incapable
,
incompetent
,
on short commons
,
pauperized
,
poor
,
shorthanded
,
starved
,
starveling
,
starving
,
unadapted
,
unarmed
,
underfed
,
undermanned
,
undernourished
,
unequipped
,
unfed
,
unfit
,
unfitted
,
unprovided
,
unqualified
,
unreplenished
,
unsuited
,
unsupplied
malapropos
collapse
of an inappropriate or incorrectly applied nature
related words >
bad
,
futile
,
ill-adapted
,
ill-advised
,
ill-assorted
,
ill-chosen
,
ill-considered
,
ill-fitted
,
ill-matched
,
ill-seasoned
,
ill-sorted
,
ill-suited
,
ill-timed
,
impolitic
,
improper
,
inadmissible
,
inadvisable
,
inapplicable
,
inapposite
,
inappropriate
,
inapt
,
inauspicious
,
incongruous
,
inconvenient
,
inept
,
inexpedient
,
infelicitous
,
inopportune
,
intempestive
,
intrusive
,
irrelevant
,
late
,
mal a propos
,
maladjusted
,
misjoined
,
mismatched
,
mismated
,
misplaced
,
mistimed
,
off base
,
out of character
,
out of joint
,
out of keeping
,
out of line
,
out of phase
,
out of place
,
out of proportion
,
out of season
,
out of time
,
out of tune
,
premature
,
too late
,
too soon
,
unadapted
,
unapt
,
unbecoming
,
unbefitting
,
undesirable
,
undue
,
unfavorable
,
unfit
,
unfitted
,
unfitting
,
unfortunate
,
unhandy
,
unhappy
,
unlucky
,
unmeet
,
unprofitable
,
unpropitious
,
unqualified
,
unready
,
unripe
,
unseasonable
,
unseemly
,
unsuitable
,
unsuited
,
untimely
,
untoward
,
unwise
,
wrong
ill-nature
collapse
related words >
anger
,
asperity
,
bad blood
,
bad humor
,
bad temper
,
bad will
,
bile
,
biliousness
,
blighting glance
,
causticity
,
choler
,
corrosiveness
,
discontent
,
evil disposition
,
evil eye
,
gall
,
ill humor
,
ill temper
,
ill will
,
ill-disposedness
,
malevolence
,
malocchio
,
sourness
,
spleen
,
whammy
impolitic
collapse
not politic; "an impolitic approach to a sensitive issue"
related words >
bad
,
botched
,
brash
,
bungled
,
butchered
,
fumbled
,
futile
,
ill-advised
,
ill-considered
,
ill-contrived
,
ill-devised
,
ill-done
,
ill-executed
,
ill-gauged
,
ill-judged
,
ill-managed
,
ill-suited
,
ill-timed
,
improper
,
imprudent
,
inadvisable
,
inappropriate
,
inapt
,
incongruous
,
inconsiderate
,
indiscreet
,
inept
,
inexpedient
,
infelicitous
,
injudicious
,
inopportune
,
insensate
,
irrational
,
mal a propos
,
maladroit
,
malapropos
,
mindless
,
misadvised
,
misconducted
,
misdirected
,
misguided
,
mismanaged
,
muffed
,
murdered
,
myopic
,
negligent
,
out of place
,
reasonless
,
reckless
,
senseless
,
shortsighted
,
spoiled
,
thoughtless
,
unadvised
,
unbefitting
,
unconsidered
,
undesirable
,
undiplomatic
,
undiscerning
,
unfit
,
unfitting
,
unforeseeing
,
unfortunate
,
unhappy
,
unmeet
,
unprofitable
,
unreasonable
,
unreflecting
,
unreflective
,
unseasonable
,
unseeing
,
unseemly
,
unsensible
,
unsound
,
unsuitable
,
untactful
,
unthinking
,
unthoughtful
,
untimely
,
unwise
,
witless
,
wrong
appliance
collapse
durable goods for home or office use
a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
related words >
Charlie McCarthy
,
accommodation
,
accouterments
,
active use
,
advantage
,
agent
,
amenity
,
ancilla
,
apparatus
,
appliances
,
application
,
appointments
,
appurtenance
,
appurtenances
,
armament
,
brassware
,
chinaware
,
clayware
,
consumption
,
contrivance
,
convenience
,
conveniences
,
copperware
,
creature
,
device
,
dinnerware
,
drive
,
duffel
,
dummy
,
dupe
,
durable goods
,
durables
,
earthenware
,
employ
,
employment
,
enamelware
,
equipage
,
equipment
,
exercise
,
exertion
,
facilities
,
facility
,
fittings
,
fixture
,
fixtures
,
flatware
,
furnishings
,
furniture
,
gear
,
glassware
,
go-between
,
good use
,
graniteware
,
handmaid
,
handmaiden
,
hard goods
,
hard usage
,
hard use
,
hardware
,
hollow ware
,
housefurnishings
,
housewares
,
ill use
,
impedimenta
,
implement
,
installations
,
instrument
,
interagent
,
intermediary
,
intermediate
,
intermedium
,
ironmongery
,
ironware
,
kit
,
kitchenware
,
lever
,
machine
,
machinery
,
materiel
,
mechanical aid
,
mechanical device
,
mechanism
,
mediator
,
medium
,
metalware
,
midwife
,
minion
,
misuse
,
motive power
,
motor
,
munition
,
munitions
,
operation
,
organ
,
outfit
,
ovenware
,
paraphernalia
,
pawn
,
plant
,
play
,
plaything
,
plumbing
,
power plant
,
power source
,
puppet
,
rig
,
rigging
,
rough usage
,
servant
,
silverware
,
slave
,
sporting goods
,
stock-in-trade
,
stoneware
,
stooge
,
tableware
,
tackle
,
things
,
tinware
,
tool
,
tools and machinery
,
toy
,
usage
,
use
,
using up
,
utensils
,
utility
,
vehicle
,
white goods
,
woodenware
,
wrong use
unbefitting
collapse
not befitting; "behavior unbefitting a father"
related words >
bad
,
futile
,
ill-adapted
,
ill-advised
,
ill-assorted
,
ill-chosen
,
ill-considered
,
ill-fitted
,
ill-matched
,
ill-seasoned
,
ill-sorted
,
ill-suited
,
ill-timed
,
impolitic
,
improper
,
inadmissible
,
inadvisable
,
inapplicable
,
inapposite
,
inappropriate
,
inapt
,
inauspicious
,
incongruous
,
inconvenient
,
inept
,
inexpedient
,
infelicitous
,
inopportune
,
intempestive
,
intrusive
,
irrelevant
,
late
,
mal a propos
,
maladjusted
,
malapropos
,
misjoined
,
mismatched
,
mismated
,
misplaced
,
mistimed
,
off base
,
out of character
,
out of joint
,
out of keeping
,
out of line
,
out of phase
,
out of place
,
out of proportion
,
out of season
,
out of time
,
out of tune
,
premature
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