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infancy collapse: the earliest state of immaturity; the early stage of growth or development

incipiency collapse: beginning to exist or to be apparent; "he placed the incipience of democratic faith at around 1850"; "it is designed to arrest monopolies in their incipiency"

childhood collapse: the state of a child between infancy and adolescence; the time of person's life when they are a child

disqualification collapse: the act of preventing someone from participating by finding them unqualified; unfitness that bars you from participation

beginning collapse: the act of starting something; "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations"; the first part or section of something; "`It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story"; the event consisting of the start of something; "the beginning of the war"; the place where something begins, where it springs into being; "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root"; the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her"

nascent collapse: being born or beginning; "the nascent chicks";"a nascent insurgency"

prenatal collapse: occurring or existing before birth; "the prenatal period"; "antenatal care"

inability collapse: lacking the power to perform; lack of ability (especially mental ability) to do something

minority collapse: being or relating to the smaller in number of two parts; "when the vote was taken they were in the minority"; "he held a minority position"; a group of people who differ racially or politically from a larger group of which it is a part; any age prior to the legal age

natal collapse: a port city in northeastern Brazil; a region of eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean; "Natal was renamed KwaZulu-Natal in 1994"; relating to or accompanying birth; "natal injuries"; "natal day"; "natal influences"; of or relating to the buttocks

inexperience collapse: lack of experience and the knowledge and understanding derived from experience; "procedural inexperience created difficulties"; "their poor behavior was due to the rawness of the troops"

incapability collapse: the quality of not being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally; lack of potential for development

infantile collapse: being or befitting or characteristic of an infant; "infantile games"; of or relating to infants or infancy; "infantile paralysis"

autochthonous collapse: of rocks, deposits, etc.; found where they and their constituents were formed

incipient collapse: only partly in existence; imperfectly formed; "incipient civil disorder"; "an incipient tumor"; "a vague inchoate idea"

parturient collapse: giving birth; "a parturient heifer"; of or relating to or giving birth; "parturient pangs"; "the parturient uterus"

introductory collapse: serving as an introduction or preface; serving to open or begin; "began the slide show with some introductory remarks"

aboriginal collapse: having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state; "aboriginal forests"; "primal eras before the appearance of life on earth"; "the forest primeval"; "primordial matter"; "primordial forms of life"; of or pertaining to members of the indigenous people of Australia; "an Aboriginal rite"

incapacity collapse: lack of physical or natural qualifications; lack of intellectual power

incompetence collapse: lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications; inability of a part or organ to function properly

cradle collapse: a baby bed with sides and rockers; birth of a person; "he was taught from the cradle never to cry"; run with the stick; hold gently and carefully; "He cradles the child in his arms"; wash in a cradle; "cradle gold"; cut grain with a cradle scythe; hold or place in or as if in a cradle; "He cradled the infant in his arms"; bring up from infancy

pregnancy collapse: the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus

budding collapse: reproduction of some unicellular organisms (such as yeasts) by growth and specialization followed by the separation by constriction of a part of the parent; beginning to develop; "a budding genius"

imbecility collapse: retardation more severe than a moron but not as severe as an idiot

insufficiency collapse: lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits"; (pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally; a lack of competence; "pointed out the insufficiencies in my report"; "juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents"

genesis collapse: the first book of the Old Testament: tells of creation; Adam and Eve; the Fall of Man; Cain and Abel; Noah and the flood; God's covenant with Abraham; Abraham and Isaac; Jacob and Esau; Joseph and his brothers; a coming into being

origin collapse: properties attributable to your ancestry; "he comes from good origins"; the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero; an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events

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