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disciplined collapse: obeying the rules; trained mentally or physically by instruction or exercise; "the beautiful coordination of his disciplined muscles"; "a disciplined mind"

narrow margin collapse: a small margin; "the president was not humbled by his narrow margin of victory"; "the landslide he had in the electoral college obscured the narrowness of a victory based on just 43% of the popular vote"

cove collapse: a small inlet; small or narrow cave in the side of a cliff or mountain

needy collapse: needy people collectively; "they try to help the needy"; demanding or needing attention, affection, or reassurance to an excessive degree

bottleneck collapse: the narrow part of a bottle near the top; become narrow, like a bottleneck; "Right by the bridge, the road bottlenecks"; slow down or impede by creating an obstruction; "His laziness has bottlenecked our efforts to reform the system"

localize collapse: restrict something to a particular area; concentrate on a particular place or spot; "The infection has localized in the left eye"

short collapse: the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed; tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening; "shortbread is a short crumbly cookie"; "a short flaky pie crust"; (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length; "short skirts"; "short hair"; "the board was a foot short"; "a short toss"; primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration; "a short life"; "a short flight"; "a short holiday"; "a short story"; "only a few short months"; of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration; "the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt' are short"; not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices; "a short sale"; "short in cotton"; lacking foresight or scope; "a short view of the problem"; "shortsighted policies"; "shortsighted critics derided the plan"; "myopic thinking"; low in stature; not tall; "he was short and stocky"; "short in stature"; "a short smokestack"; at a disadvantage; "I was caught short"; so as to interrupt; "She took him up short before he could continue"; at some point or distance before a goal is reached; "he fell short of our expectations"; clean across; "the car's axle snapped short"; without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold; "he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash"

outpost collapse: a military post stationed at a distance from the main body of troops

exemption collapse: an act exempting someone; "he was granted immunity from prosecution"; a deduction allowed to a taxpayer because of his status (having certain dependents or being blind or being over 65 etc.); "additional exemptions are allowed for each dependent"; immunity from an obligation or duty

Victorian collapse: a person who lived during the reign of Victoria; typical of the moral standards or conduct of the age of Queen Victoria; of or relating to Queen Victoria of Great Britain or to the age in which she ruled; "Victorian morals"

stuffy collapse: affected with a sensation of stoppage or obstruction; "a stuffy feeling in my chest"

taper collapse: the property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone); a convex shape that narrows toward a point; diminish gradually; "Interested tapered off"

wealth collapse: the quality of profuse abundance; "she has a wealth of talent"; property that has economic utility: a monetary value or an exchange value; an abundance of material possessions and resources; the state of being rich and affluent; having a plentiful supply of material goods and money; "great wealth is not a sign of great intelligence"

liquid assets collapse: assets in the form of cash (or easily convertible into cash)

intolerance collapse: impatience with annoyances; "his intolerance of interruptions"; unwillingness to recognize and respect differences in opinions or beliefs

prim collapse: dress primly; contract one's lips; "She primmed her lips after every bite of food"; assume a prim appearance; "They mince and prim"

embarrassment collapse: some event that causes someone to be embarrassed; "the outcome of the vote was an embarrassment for the liberals"; the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public; the state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy); "he is currently suffering financial embarrassments"

stuffiness collapse: the quality of being close and poorly ventilated; state of obstruction or stoppage or air in the nose or throat

outskirts collapse: outlying areas (as of a city or town); "they lived on the outskirts of Houston"; "they mingled in the outskirts of the crowd"

affairs collapse: transactions of professional or public interest; "news of current affairs"; "great affairs of state"

separative collapse: (of a word) referring singly and without exception to the members of a group; "whereas `each,' `every,' `either,' `neither,' and `none' are distributive or referring to a single member of a group, `which' in `which of the men' is separative"; used of an accent in Hebrew orthography; indicates that the word marked is separated to a greater or lesser degree rhythmically and grammatically from the word that follows it

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